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"Mr President, I have one question for the Council and the Commission. I would like to say to the representatives of the Council Presidency: you know very well that the level of public investment in countries like Germany is currently zero. The situation is not much better elsewhere. This means that public property in Europe is falling into disrepair. Wherever the troika is not forcing states to sell this property below its real value, it is becoming dilapidated. What is your response to this? I have not heard you say anything. In the past, Mr Monti’s name was on everyone’s lips and he was frequently quoted when he talked about the internal market. Today, Mr Monti is saying how important it is for us to invest in our national economies and none of you have mentioned his name. Neither the Council nor the Commission have made any comment on his proposals. I would very much like to know why. I believe that there is a reason why we are not making progress. Your explanations that, on the one hand, we need to save and, on the other, that we must stimulate growth are all correct. Unfortunately, however, they do not explain why something is happening. Instead, they explain why nothing is happening. There is a reason why this is the case, which is that the people who have the upper hand in the Commission and in the Council believe that the best way of climbing a mountain is to put on the brakes on the way up. This runs counter to the laws of physics, just as your economic proposals run counter to the laws of mathematics. I expect you to make changes, because if you do not take up a clear position, you will not help Europe to make progress."@en1
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