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"Madam President, Commissioner, with this report – and I should like to congratulate our rapporteur, Ms Bastos – we wanted to initiate dialogue with the European Commission. Your colleague, Ms Damanaki, reiterated on your behalf the proposals that you are making regarding the use of the European Social Fund (ESF), to ensure that 25% is dedicated to training and to the use of the ESF in every project. However, we are concerned about the idea that, at this time of crisis, which we have been debating all day long, we might penalise countries that are finding it difficult to meet the Stability and Growth Pact criteria by reducing the structural funds, particularly the European Social Fund. Europe will not have the means to rise to the challenge it faces, namely, overcoming the crisis and implementing the Europe 2020 strategy – for which the objectives of job creation and combating social exclusion are absolutely paramount – in this way. If we wish to successfully rise to this challenge, the issue of training, as Ms Bastos has suggested to us, is vital. That being the case, we also need to ensure that the creation of new types of jobs does not make us lose sight of one of the pillars of European democracy, namely, the functioning of social dialogue. We do not believe that it is necessary to depart from this idea of collective agreements, which have ensured the success of social democracy in Europe. Moreover, through your colleague, Commissioner, you also pointed out that the European Job Mobility Portal, EURES, is a precious asset when it comes to the free movement of persons throughout Europe. I believe that together, we need to take a fresh look at this matter so as to ensure the effective operation of this tool. I have heard it said, here and there, that we might be able to improve its functioning, and I would like it if we could work towards this together with the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs."@en1
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