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"I am pleased that today we addressed the issue of the ‘recovery plan’ mentioned by Mr Barroso in the last European Council and covered by the media everywhere, and the famous EUR 82 billion available for SMEs and youth employment. Youth unemployment has reached 22.3% in the European Union and 46% in Spain. The Commission is right to make investment and public action in this area a priority. Similarly, the 23 million SMEs in Europe are vital for economic development in our regions and must be given special attention. However, letting us believe that the European Union has EUR 82 billion of unspent funds in its safes that the Commission can just use as it pleases could worry our citizens and lead them to believe that there is a lack of rigorous and planned management for structural funds. Also, the Commission must prove that it has learned its lesson to place greater emphasis on the importance of long-term programming for the ERDF and the ESF and the Member States and regions’ responsibility to manage them. It must then support the Member States using its expertise in the implementation of projects in order to simplify their allocation as much as possible."@en1
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