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"Mr President, first of all, I would like to offer my thanks for a debate that has been particularly wide-ranging, and that reflects the seriousness that any political leadership must have in light of the current situation in Europe. Many different points have been made, including in relation to how absolutely crucial it is to unify the attempts to again create trust in public budgets and, at the same time, create growth and jobs in European Member States.
I have listened with great interest to the many different contributions this morning. Unfortunately, in the time available, I cannot answer every point raised, but there will be an opportunity to exchange even more highly detailed proposals when we start the trialogue process. There is one comment I have to make though, which is that one of the things that is absolutely crucial is to regain trust in the political leadership, both in Europe and in every individual Member State. There is no way to achieve that trust via crushing debt. Similarly, there is no way to achieve that trust via budgets to which we fail to adhere. Quite simply, it is absolutely crucial that we should see sustainable public budgets and a consolidation of our budgets as a prerequisite for growth, rather than as a brake on it.
A strong focus on getting control over the money we use goes hand in hand with our focus on growth. It is crucial to create trust in the markets from our side, but also for the markets to hear what is said and react to what is decided. We have before us two sound, decent proposals that help to complete the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact that the Commission, the Council and Parliament very earnestly managed to get implemented. I hope that it will be possible to achieve rapid progress and thus also reach agreement. It is important that we should show that, when it comes to fundamental elements such as sticking to budgetary plans and ensuring adequately robust monitoring of whether deficits are too large, we are willing to find the compromises. It is therefore now that we can show that the community method also works when Europe is in crisis – that we can deliver another crucial contribution to strengthening our economic governance of the conditions that are important in order to exit the crisis.
I would like to thank Mr Swoboda for stressing the necessity of negotiating and getting the trialogue under way quickly. It is important to obtain an agreement, because once we have an agreement, we will be helping to create balance between the responsibility of each individual Member State – which they have been given by their electorates – to manage the economy and get back to the path of growth, and a European dimension, which is inescapable in order to create growth and trust once again. From the Presidency’s side, we look forward to getting the trialogue under way. The debate today has been an important prerequisite and we hope that the vote tomorrow will provide a sound basis for the trialogue to begin as soon as possible."@en1
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