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"Madam President, it is beyond dispute that so-called flexicurity policies, which symbolise the modernisation of labour markets, played a positive role in limiting the impact of the crisis on the labour market. The crisis has shown, however, that there is a need to continue with labour market reforms and to focus on supporting the transfer of workers and reducing the segmentation of the work sectors. I take a positive view of the discussed flagship initiative of the European Commission, which sets the target of contributing to the greater competitiveness of Member State economies, reducing the transaction costs of doing business in the EU and generally creating a better business environment, strengthening and improving the tertiary education system and the modernisation and greater flexibility of the labour market. It is nonetheless necessary to emphasise that the newly launched employment policy activities should not be too prescriptive, and that the flexicurity policy must be based on the conditions, priorities and needs of individual Member States. It is not possible to determine a specific mix of policies for the whole of the EU: individual approaches are needed. It is a case of a single contract, for example, where I may agree with the general aim of reducing differences in protection between fixed-term and non-fixed term obligations, but I nonetheless firmly believe that the specific form of implementation for this aim must be adapted to the conditions, needs and traditions of the Member States. I would therefore like to call for a sober and realistic approach to the implementation of this flagship initiative. Job creation through the reduction of administrative and legislative obstacles deserves our particular support. A reduction in the non-wage costs of labour, and facilitation of the transfer from informal or undeclared work to proper employment, also deserve our support. Fiscal intervention that distorts the market, the enthusiastic drawing up of tables and excessive regulation definitely do not deserve our support."@en1
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