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"Mr President, I want to say to Mr Barroso and Mr Van Rompuy that when I listen to them I get the feeling that there is a timing issue. What I mean by that is that, contrary to popular belief, I do not believe that the European crisis is behind us. Thus, we do not want proposals for tomorrow or the day after, we want actions for today, and I will give you a few examples.
The first relates to the banking union. We are all in favour of it. The key is to make it effective and make it operational now, not in a year’s time, in order to allow recapitalisation of the banks; otherwise, of course, public debt will increase, and that would not be very smart.
Secondly, alongside the banking union, we need a solidarity mechanism, the creation of a European bond market. Once again, we need to do it now, before the countries in difficulty are completely ruined and, indeed, need more support from Europe.
Thirdly, as regards the budget and the economic and investment policy, we need to implement the necessary public policies now; otherwise, there will be a recession tomorrow. It is better to do this before there is a recession than when in the midst of one, because then it will be too late.
Fourthly, as regards gender equality in the European Union institutions and the ECB in particular, Mr Van Rompuy, we need to act now, not in 2018. Otherwise, what kind of credibility will we have if we are defending women’s rights outside the European Union yet having to teach a lesson to the governments of certain countries that do not respect those rights themselves?
Finally, as regards the political union, democracy and democratic legitimacy, which accompanies them, we need to put these issues on the table now and make progress on them now; otherwise, we will lose the confidence of the European people once and for all."@en1
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