I stedet for at korrigere de politiske prioriteringer for social, økologisk og global bæredygtighed på en ansvarsfuld måde og udbrede tilsvarende forslag for Rådet i foråret 2005, hører vi nu, at Europas konkurrenceevne for det første skal styrkes, at arbejdsmarkedernes dynamik skal øges, og at de sociale sikringssystemer skal tilpasses udfordringerne fra konkurrenceevne og demografisk ændring.
Rather than hearing of how political priorities have been responsibly adjusted for the sake of social, environmental and global sustainability and seeing proposals submitted for consideration by the Spring 2005 Council, we now hear that, firstly, Europe is to be made more competitive, labour markets to be made more dynamic, and that the social security systems are to be adapted to meet the challenges presented by the need for competitiveness and by population change.