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"There are about 23 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union, which play a key role in Europe’s growth and development. According to the Portuguese National Institute of Statistics, Portugal’s unemployment rate is 14.9%, with youth unemployment at 36.2%. At the end of the European Council meeting in January 2012, Dr Barroso suggested that the Member States should restructure EUR 82 billion of Community funds, and Portugal has already submitted its strategic plan. It is therefore crucial that the Commission reach a quick decision on this plan, so that it can come into force quickly. Recently, in this very Chamber in Strasbourg, the European Commission tabled a new package of measures intended to create more job opportunities and to support entrepreneurship. I believe that SMEs should have easier access to the new package of measures, and that an action plan should be set out including targets and metrics for their implementation. Finally, I should like to quote Dr Barroso: ‘Europe needs a job-creation strategy to tackle its unacceptable level of unemployment. The EU has a large untapped potential to boost job creation’."@en1
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