It would also have been a good thing for this Parliament if it had had the courage to recognise in this particular report that the present weakness in the single European currency is chiefly due to a lack of economic flexibility. Nevertheless, I am glad that at least some reservations have been voiced about certain decisions taken recently in the euro countries, for example on working hours, which instead of making the labour market flexible have made it rigid, and are also contributing to the euro' s weakness.
Det havde også klædt Europa-Parlamentet godt, om det havde haft mod til netop i denne betænkning at anerkende, at den nuværende svage europæiske valuta først og fremmest skyldes, at økonomien ikke er fleksibel nok, men jeg er glad for, at der i det mindste næres betænkeligheder vedrørende bestemte aktuelle beslutninger i eurolande, f.eks. vedrørende arbejdstiden, som gør arbejdsmarkedet ubevægeligt i stedet for fleksibelt og ligeledes medvirker til at svække euroen.