European Parliament
A7-0190/2012
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă  (S&D ).
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RO)
Mr President, firstly, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for the approach adopted in this report. Over the last few years, we have witnessed numerous workers’ protests in various regions of the European Union against the announcement of relocation of some companies outside Europe, which automatically leads to increased unemployment in those regions. In order to prevent such events in the future, Europe needs a strategy for attracting new foreign and local investors and encouraging cross-border investment projects, as well as further development of trans-European networks, which will help improve the mobility of workers, students and researchers.
Last but not least, we need to better promote public-private partnerships, support independent professionals, given the number and variety of opportunities, and facilitate the access of SMEs to investments, in particular, to long term and sustainable investments.

