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"Madam President, I agree with the Commissioner, who said it was a difficult path but it was certainly well worth taking. I look forward very much to the new proposal on good anticipation and management of change.
Just a few comments to sum up the comments that were made by my colleagues. First of all, in regard to agriculture: farmers as individuals can apply, but as a response to trade deals that disadvantage farmers this would be totally inadequate. I believe it might indeed have provided a fig leaf to the Trade Commissioner, if he was so inclined to do a poor deal for agriculture, but the fund itself would have been totally inadequate to respond to the needs of agriculture.
I agree with Ms Bauer, I would have liked to see differentiated co-financing, and Ms Zuber mentioned this point as well. Ms Cornelissen talked about success stories with older workers and how the fund improved the prospects of workers with low educational attainment. Mr Clark, as well as Mr Kelly, spoke about the Dell workers and indeed it is of interest to know that I consulted with the Dell workers on a number of occasions, to try to improve the effectiveness of the functioning of this fund.
Mr Clark spoke about companies closing, and indeed they do, for many reasons, but at least if it is for globalisation we have this fund to assist them. I disagree with what Ms van der Kammen said about the use of this fund; the fund only assists workers. It does not under any circumstances fund the responsibilities of Member States or companies. Mr Mann spoke of the need to ensure that people have the appropriate skills and we have written into the legislation that the package of services should anticipate future labour market shortages and required skills.
Ms Costello spoke about the fact that Irish workers have benefited, as have workers in 20 Member States, so that indicates the fund’s effectiveness and the need for it
Finally, I agree with Mr Daerden; he said we ensured the survival of the fund, but only just. But it was worth doing, because it is a solidarity instrument. It delivers a strong message to European workers, along with tangible benefits, and that is worth doing."@en1
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