Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2015-02-25-Speech-3-296-000"
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"en.20150225.17.3-296-000"2
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"Mr President, the EU has set its sights on Europe 2020 targets of smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth, but it is February 2015 and still we are picking a course through the debris of the 2008 crash.
Let me give you an example from my West Midlands constituency, which has the highest growth in exports – an 11% year-on-year increase – and is England’s third-largest export region, manufacturing actual goods, not trading services. Yet it has a significant skills shortage. How much more growth and productivity would there be if this problem could have been tackled locally and more quickly?
What we need is less London and more local control. Yet, even today, the UK government is centralising the ESIF funding. My region, like many others in the UK, has dynamic leadership, innovation and enterprise, but these talents can only be fully utilised if decision-making and funding powers are devolved from central government. Our economies across Europe are crying out for major reconfiguration and rebalancing of power between central and local government in Member States. At EU level we also need to do more to involve cities and regions in policy-making if we are to demonstrate our added value to the citizens."@en1
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