Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-22-Speech-2-047-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:SMEs’ access to Structural Funds - Evaluation of the SME definition2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120522.4.2-047-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-22-Speech-2-048-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Roberta Angelilli2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-21--2014-06-30)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2012-01-18--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Parliament's Bureau (2012-01-18--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Il Popolo della Libertà (2009-07-14--2013-12-15)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2010-03-18--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the 23 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe employ 120 million people and represent over 90% of the production system; in Italy, the figure is as high as 98%. This often includes many businesses with fewer than 50 employees as well as micro-enterprises. We cannot agree with those who are pressing for the thresholds to be raised for medium-sized enterprises, partly because this would further impair access to EU funds. Indeed, SMEs generally need easier access to the Structural Funds, especially in these difficult economic times when credit is hard to come by. The procedures are complicated, excessively bureaucratic and often discouraging to their potential beneficiaries. There is evidence that even Germany, a highly efficient user of EU funding, is behind in its use of these funds. Small and medium-sized enterprises are not second-class businesses – on the contrary."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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