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"Mr President, we are increasingly hearing calls from people all over Europe for the introduction of measures which will restore permanent and stable growth to the European Union. These voices testify to the fact that the crisis has not killed the fighting spirit in Europeans, and that we are still able to fight for a better tomorrow. I am pleased that the forthcoming informal European Union summit will concentrate on a policy of growth and employment. Most of the instruments for combating the crisis which have come into being recently focus mainly on disciplining national budgets, which, on its own, will not guarantee Europe either jobs or stable employment in the long term. Let us remember that budgetary discipline does not preclude measures for growth; quite the opposite – pro-growth measures should go hand in hand with austerity measures. It is only by acting in this way that we can restore secure growth to Europe.
The time has come for social investment, which should operate in a similar way to the economic ‘six-pack’, and should, with the consent of the Member States, be monitored by the European Commission. Rational use of funds from the budgets of the Union and the Member States and channelling this money through social investment will make the greatest contribution to growth in competitiveness and employment."@en1
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