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”The Socialists are becoming the main threat to European welfare and prosperity. In a time when huge budget deficits have caused a unique crisis risking the stability of the Euro and the recovery of our economies, the Socialists defend policies that get Europe deeper into the trap of increased debt burdens”, stated EPP Group Vice-Chairman Gunnar Hökmark MEP, Spokesman on the sustainability of public finances, in the debate on the parliamentary report.

Läs mer »Socialists’ wait-and-see policies main threat to Euro and European welfare

”The European Coal and Steel Community has been indispensable for the integration and creation of today’s European Union. It is now time for the EU to transform into a new Community for Science and Technology. At the heart of this new challenge stand European universities and research institutions,” said Gunnar Hökmark MEP and Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group at today’s launch of Atomium Culture’s report on Research an Innovation – 2020.Läs mer »Increased funding for competitive universities

– The strength of European values and the  security and prosperity of Europeans will depend on the outcome of the ongoing conflict between future opportunities for the countries of the Eastern neighbourhood of European Union and the powers, structures and ideas of the old times, said EPP Group Vice-Chairman Gunnar Hökmark at the EPP Group Bureau meeting in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic speaking about the challenges of the Eastern Partnership.

Läs mer »Conflict between future opportunities and the structures of old times in Eastern Europe.

The Economic and Financial Affairs Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament today voted on a Report regarding long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy.

”The Socialist way forward with lax rules and irresponsible economic policies would increase public deficits in Greece Portugal, Spain and Great Britain. Such a careless approach would lead to a debt spiral where high public deficits and interest rates squeeze out opportunities in the European economy and further worsens Europe’s economical and financial crisis”, said Gunnar Hökmark MEP, Shadow Rapporteur and Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament.

Läs mer »Stable Public Finances – only way to growth and prosperity

 EFTER KRISEN Inom EU ska nya regler tas fram för banker och försäkringsbolag. De förslag som nu diskuteras innebär höjda räntor och dyrare försäkringspremier vilket kommer att strypa investeringarna, varnar EU-parlamentarikern Gunnar Hökmark (M). 

Läs mer »Nya regler kväver återhämtning – Artikel i SvD