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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are all convinced that the internal market is vitally important to European integration, and over the last 20 years, it has become one of the identifying features of the Union. We are also convinced that the internal market has the potential to make a major contribution to growth in each individual country and in the Union as a whole. For these reasons, and precisely because we agree on this matter, we have to be very careful about certain aspects that, not surprisingly, have already been mentioned in today’s debate.
In my view, the first of these aspects is that the real enemy of the internal market today is the crisis. The crisis is calling the value of the internal market into question for many people, and it is eroding the potential added value that the internal market represents. As a result, it has been widely said, including in this Chamber, that we have to focus on growth as our top priority, because without growth our work – our work on the internal market – is clearly made more difficult.
The crisis enveloping our countries is, in fact, having a further adverse effect: it is giving some countries an unfounded excuse to implement incorrectly what Parliament, the Commission and the Council decide.
As has already been pointed out, we are faced with two problems. The first concerns the Member States’ transposition backlogs, which cannot be attributed to the complexity of the legislation but are often due to poor political decision making. The second concerns the changes or errors made in transposition. All too often, the transposed version departs either from the text itself or from its intentions. The difference can be quite substantial in some chapters: the average values are recorded – rightly so – but the breakdown of where the largest deviations lie gives one the feeling that sometimes Europe tries to use the resources at its disposal rather too artfully. Consequently, the instruments needed to give substance to the internal market ought be revised and strengthened.
Some people have talked about imposing sanctions where decisions are implemented incorrectly or late; personally, I would also like to emphasise the importance of SOLVIT. I realise that finding the right legal basis for it is tricky, but an instrument that has proved its worth cannot be left in the state it is currently in.
I would now like to make a last point to the rapporteur: given that we are facing difficulties at the moment on account of the crisis and external circumstances, I do not understand why the idea of an internal market prosecutor has been floated. This would be a third party who would make us embark on lengthy discussions at a time when we need instead to make quick decisions with as much consensus as possible. That kind of consensus used to exist, but this proposal is liable to call it into question."@en1
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