” “Economic issues are again in the limelight of the plenary session of the EU Parliament that will gather from Monday 3rd April to Thursday 6th April in Strasbourg. The floor will review a report "about the state of European economy" and "general guidelines for economic policies". The basic text for discussion has been signed by the MP García Margallo y Marfil, who asks the member states for "sound balance-sheets, a revision of tax regimes, support to small and medium companies", as well as "measures to the benefit of human resources"; the goal is to "increase the competitiveness of the EU" to secure employment. In addition, the report, in agreement with the Lisbon Strategy that was discussed last week by the 25 member states, dwells on the need to "boost research, investments in transport infrastructure and the development of a single service market, including financial services". The agenda of the same session will include, once again, the directive about the deregulation of the service sector: the EU Commission will illustrate to the MPs the contents of the new proposition, after February’s Parliamentary voting. The Ory report asks instead to "abolish the temporary measures taken to limit access of workers from the new member states" to the labour markets of the 15-country EU, which were enforced after the accession of May 1st 2004. ” “
