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"Mr President, honourable Members, thank you very much for this debate. In the time of just under two and a half minutes that has been allocated to me, it will unfortunately not be possible for me to give a detailed answer to all the questions that have been asked, but you will receive a reply in writing. I would like to summarise some of the main issues.
The first is the current period and it is correct that restructuring measures are under way. However, it is now the job of the Member States to make appropriate proposals. You can be sure that the Commission will not only look favourably at the proposals, but will also take a proactive approach to all of those which aim to subsidise small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to combat unemployment, in particular among young people. I would like to ask for your support in your Member States and in your constituencies.
Secondly, subsidies for SMEs have often been discussed, in some cases with a focus on the future. For the forthcoming financial period, we have made highly specific proposals for the minimum funding in the budget to support SMEs. In my introductory speech, I said that 80% would go to the less developed regions and 50% to the more developed regions. I have listened to discussions in the Council and in this House which have been critical of these limits. If you really believe that we should invest in SMEs, in innovation and in competitiveness, I would ask you to make every effort to safeguard this minimum allocation in the budget. We definitely need to identify tailor-made solutions for the individual regions in future, using the best available banks, which should also be subject to a certain amount of competition. I agree with all those people who are critical of the fact that the mobilisation of the funds takes too long, from the start of the process through to the money reaching the beneficiaries. I also think this is too long-winded and we will see what we can do in future to improve the situation.
I believe that one important measure, and other speakers have also mentioned this, could involve, for example, that part of the future financial framework, in other words, heading 1, which specifically concerns sustainable growth and which amounts to around EUR 500 billion. We could make a clear statement before the summer that this money will be available in the next financial period. This would definitely send out a strong signal to the citizens of Europe and also to the markets which would give them the security to plan ahead and to decide where investments should be made. I can imagine that this would provide an impetus and an incentive and that growth would be reinforced by concrete actions."@en1
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