Charlie McCreevy
Charlie McCreevy
Charles "Charlie" McCreevyis a former Irish politician. He was the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services from 2004–2010. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD in 1977 and held the seat in Kildareuntil 2004 when he became Ireland's European Commissioner. In successive governments he served as Minister for Social Welfare, Minister for Tourism and Tradeand Minister for Finance...
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When you have it, you spend it. The mistake is to try to spend it when you haven't got it.
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We should proceed against all these countries." ()
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One can stay within the legal rules, but not completely comply with the spirit," ()
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This has allowed us to move on from allegations on the lowering of social standards and threats to the European social model." ()
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I think that we will have to initiate measures against Spain. I and my colleagues in the ... commission will use every tool in the box to tackle member states who dream up new protectionist means or who seek to erect unjustified barriers to prevent cross-border deals." ()
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I think that we will have to initiate measures against Spain." ()
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I will be monitoring the situation closely and, if I am not satisfied that sufficient progress is being made, I will take tougher action," ()
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We made it quite clear to the French authorities that it can only be in very specific, limited circumstances,
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Ireland does not believe that there are reasonable grounds for such a recommendation," ()
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In a number of member states, particularly some older ones, there is a fear that economic reform will undermine social protection, ... Such fear is not only misplaced but counterproductive." ()
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The concerns expressed in the draft recommendation are based on the wrong premise. The Commission's assessment and the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines advises Ireland to seek to achieve economic stability. This is exactly what the Irish government has sought to do in the budget in a number of ways," ()
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The danger is, if we're not very frank and strong about this, there will be tit-for-tat arrangements. You get into a situation where it becomes an epidemic." ()
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You could make the case that this is part of a big battle, which is going to get worse." ()
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I'm afraid that if this (national protectionism) takes root it's going to result in tit-for-tat retaliation." ()