Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries.
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Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.
We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European partners, to maintain the social character of Europe as much as possible.
Europe has the technology, the strategic and economic might to defend itself.
I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union.
I think it is one of the fundamentals, not only of the European Union but also of free trade, that competition is fair.
Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs.
Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.
What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.
So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner environment, to create more jobs, to make us more secure.
Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.
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