EU Parliament and EPP Presidents Buzek + Daul to Eurofora: Upbeat on €uro and Financial Perspectives

Both EU Parliament's President, Jerzy Buzek, and the Chairman of the biggest Group of MEPs (ChristianDemocrats/EPP) Joseph Daul, replying to "EuroFora"s questions appeared upbeat on recent, crucial EU Economic and Financial developments, spreading from the Euro currency up to EU's MultiAnnual Financial Perspectives, while also being deeply conscious of the big efforts which have to be made in order to face current challenges and start to materialize EU's potential  :

- "EuroFora" observed that, "In addition to the expression of a strong resolution to do anything to defend the €uro, German Chancellor Angie Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, during last Friday's Inter-Governemental Summit at Freiburg (See "EuroFora"'s Newsreports from the spot), also anounced their political will, and launched a call or invitation, to advance in EU Integration on factors which determine EU's Competitivity at a Global level, starting from the beginning of 2011, i.e. shortly after the forthcoming EU Brussels' Summit". Therefore, we asked Daul about his view on that, and how EU Parliament might follow up this kind of topical issues.

- "On the Economic Governance", what you said, "is not ony for France and Germany", reacted from the outset Daul.

- "We've already said several times now, that if we want an efficient EuroZone we must have also a kind of Economic Governance, and ths is not done yet  : F.ex., If I speak to a German who retires only at 67 years of age and has to work between 42 and 48 Hours per Day, according to his branch of enterprises, and a French who reads in the Newspapers that we have difficulties to fix Retirement age to 62 years, and that we can't even touch upon the 35 Hours (work per Day limit), then, this inevitaby becomes incomprehensible ! ", he critically observed in reply to "EuroFora"s question.

- "The 1st point, then, is that we have to discuss and make advances on this issue at the level of Governments", pointed out the leader of the largest Political Group in EU Parliament.

- In particular, "this means that the Social and Fiscal issues cannot be settled anymore exclusively at a level of Member States, and not at all here", i.e. on an EU level, Daul edded. - "I think that everyone starts to realize now, (even if they don't want yet all to admit it yet openly, that the Social and Fiscal issues have become parts of the Governance of a Currency" (as f.ex. the €uro), he stressed.   

 - "This becomes more and more" obvious, even if "we don't yet know how" exactly it should be organized, since "nobody wants to drop his country's social or fiscal" structure, "but all agree that it cannot go otherwise", Daul observed, after touring a large number of National EU Member States' Capitals to meet political leaders.

+ "The 2nd point is that we need a Growth, at EU level, and people agree today that we can make much more things, and much better with the (available) Money at EU level" united all together,  instead of in each (member) country" separated, EPP Group's President pointed out.               

-  "On this issue also we (EU) are advancing forward", even if 'it's not fast enough yet :  F.ex. we didn't yet speak about that on the level of the  (EU) Governance" issue, "but, today, we are obliged to put it on the table" of EU Governance forthcoming debates, Daul proposed.

- "And that's a Good thing, both for the €uro and for Europe" itself, he concluded.
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Earlier, Daul raised "3 ('critical) Questions :

- 1) No other Currency would be more Stable than the €uro", he stressed from the outset, (almost agreeing in Euro's main advantages with Germany's Finance Minister, the experienced Wolfgang Schauble).

- 2) "Where comes this Speculation (against Euro) from ?" And, - "Who profits from this Crime ?". An Enquiry must be made, and we should all consider the Consequences of its conclusions", he pointed  out.    

- 3) Despite all that, the €uro remains more Expensive than the other Currencies : China's yen, and USA's $, etc., and this fact humpers our (EU's) Exports.", he observed.

=> Therefore,  we shall speak again at the Beginning of Next Year (2011), because we need to open a Debate in order to have an overall view and see what else enters on the Economic Governance, Daul anounced.

Meanwhile, in a parallel move, EU Parliament's President, Jerzy Buzek, replying to another "EuroFora" question on the guarantees that MEPs got from EU Commission and Council about their demand to open an inter-institutional Debate on the Future of EU's Finances well beyond the 2011 EU Annual Budget, towards the Post-2013 Multi-Annual Financial Perspectives, (see earlier relevant MEPs statements to EuroFora), was optimist :  

- In fact, "It's not  so much a question of Guarantees" as such  : "It's a discussion of all this, on the Budget, between (all EU) Institutions, but EU Parliament has always been for a reasonable financing of the EU Policies, which, because they are needed, we'd ike to feel as a Community. So, on this point,  (it was recently confirmed that) with EU Parliament, from the very beginning,  to the discussion of the MultiAnnual framework, it's an (EU) Team work. I'd like to say it's a guarantee, but (at least) it's a very Good Signal that we'll discuss deeply the financing of all EU policies" with the Commission and the National Governments, Buzek concluded in reply to "EuroFora".