«While the European Union remains a major industrial power, three million industrial jobs have been lost since 2008, and industrial production is 10% below pre-crisis levels. Our future success depends on having a strong, diversified and sustainable growth model, one in which industry plays a key role as a major source of job creation, investment, innovation and human capital. A strong, renewed and modernized industrial base will allow the real economy to lead Europe's recovery. In our countries we have some good starting points. There are several sectors in which Europe is a world leader. However, we need a larger share of competitive companies that are able to operate in a wider range of sectors within an open and increasingly internationalized environment. It is up to our students, researchers, workers and entrepreneurs to innovate and take a leading role in this transition. But public authorities also have the responsibility to adopt measures to strengthen our companies and the business environment in which they operate. We have to address these major challenges both at the national and European levels. There are several fronts: promoting structural reforms, ensuring that regulation is enacted in a way that supports competitiveness, and deploying an industrial policy able to strengthen our industrial foundations and remove our main imbalances.»
Mr. Soria is Spain's minister of industry, energy and tourism. Mr. Pereira is Portugal's minister of economy and employment. Mr. Passera is Italy's minister of economic development. Mr. Montebourg is France's minister of industrial renewal. Mr. Rösler is Germany's minister of economics and technology.
Adenda: Os meus amigos do 4ª República terão lido esta cartinha? Não estou habituado a vê-los alinhados pelo lugar-comum e pela doxa.
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