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"Mr President, Commissioner, honourable Members, this morning’s debate has focused on the issue of SMEs’ access to capital and the definition of SMEs. In view of the economic situation, on behalf of the Presidency, I would like to lend my support to this initiative.
Access to financing for small and medium-sized enterprises is crucial if we are to be able to continue to benefit from the economic growth to which small and medium-sized enterprises contribute, especially innovative companies. For the same reason, the Presidency is working on projects such as the creation of an internal market for venture capital, and is also trying to get as far as we can with the proposed Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME).
Europe must ensure a good environment for small and medium-sized enterprises that provides them with the best framework conditions to allow them to develop and grow. In this connection, I should like to express my thanks for the many contributions made, including those from Mr Bendtsen and Ms Krehl. I have listened with great interest to the possibilities for combining work on energy efficiency with the creation of jobs for small and medium-sized enterprises. Both are very important priorities for the Danish Presidency, as part of our efforts to create green growth and jobs.
The Commission’s Small Business Act of 2008 was also a significant step, and we must also emphasise the efforts made in many Member States. As an extension of this, the Presidency has chosen to focus on streamlining and the simplification of rules, such as the rules on tendering. Simpler rules on tendering will make it easier for SMEs to bid for contracts. Another example is the initiative to create a genuinely digital internal market, which is crucial for giving small and medium-sized enterprises access to growth opportunities. Thirdly, and this answers Mr Kalfin, Mr Rübig, Mr van Nistelrooij and others, an important element of the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) involves ensuring that a greater portion of the EU budget is earmarked for growth-promoting measures, including both research and development, and enabling the resources of the Structural Funds to target these areas to a greater extent. This is an important part of the work that the Danish Presidency is carrying out in respect of the MFF agreement for the period 2014-2020.
On that basis, I would like to thank the European Parliament for the support it has given to the Presidency’s work, and I am looking forward to the great efforts that we will make together – Parliament, the Commission and the Council – to ensure that Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises once again experience growth so that we can create jobs, not least for the millions of young people who have an expectation that together, we will deliver results for them."@en1
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