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"Mr President, last July the Member States received a package of recommendations to put and keep their national finances in order. It is to be hoped that these recommendations will persuade European governments to implement the necessary reforms. The financial and economic situation in Europe is indeed very serious. The figures on the increasing debt burden and the lack of competitiveness in large parts of Europe speak for themselves.
It is important to emphasise that we are dealing here with a package of recommendations and not with obligations. After all, in Europe we have always made agreements in the Stability and Growth Pact about debt reduction and medium-term objectives. How these objectives are achieved will be determined by the Member States themselves. And the national parliaments will carry out the democratic control on specific measures.
Although some people here would also willingly take on this role of the national parliaments, the European Parliament cannot fulfil this role. It does not have the legal capacity or competence. As far as my country, the Netherlands, is concerned, the negotiators for the new cabinet would do well to follow the recommendations of the Council issued in July. The accelerated increase in pensionable age to 67 and the limitation of mortgage interest relief are greatly needed to ensure that public finances are also bearable in the long term. I really hope that Mr Rutte and Mr Samson will be able to make these choices."@en1
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