Patijn, at der er brug for kraftig, politisk handling fra Rådets side over for Kommissionen, ihukommende at der er omtrent 20 mio. arbejdsløse i Den Europæiske Union. Det må bestemt have højeste politiske prioritet i Unionen, og dette problem skal behandles i planlægningen af perioden efter 1999.
And I would like to put it to Mr Patijn that there is need for strong political direction from the Council of Ministers to the Commission, bearing in mind that there is unemployment to the tune of about 20 million in the European Union, which must surely rank as a number one political priority of the Union which has to be addressed in terms of planning for the period after 1999.