THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM POINTS TO LITHUANIA AS AN EXAMPLE
Updated 2010-05-13
President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė participated, for the first time, in the working session "Implementing the Europe 2020 Strategy: Key Next Steps" organised by the World Economic Forum, organiser of the Davos Forum. The President and other European leaders discussed measures to be taken to promote economic recovery and ensure sustainable growth in the EU.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined that the whole world, including Europe, must decide now which way to go, what kind of economic stabilisation instruments to use and for how long. The fact that actions taken by Lithuania are interesting to other countries signifies that Lithuania's experience might be helpful to others who look for solutions to their own problems.
According to the President, the European Union must take more resolute actions and demonstrate solidarity and responsibility not only when it comes to emerging from the crisis but also when it comes to projecting the future until 2020.
"The Forum focussed on the problems Europe faces, but this is not enough. These problems are international, global, whereas solutions, unfortunately, are national, taken on the level of individual states. This is not enough anymore. Europe must stand united, adopt a common policy, coordinate actions and look for common solutions. Even more - international organisations, too, need reforms and global solutions. I therefore urged Europe to talk less about problems but instead solve them as fast as it can and take concrete solutions that could be beneficial not only to individual countries but also to the whole Europe and the entire world," President Grybauskaitė said.
In the after-lunch session on nuclear energy and higher capacities, the President of Lithuania underlined that the economic growth in Europe was hampered by uneven development of infrastructure, especially in the field of energy. The development of both electricity connections and generation capacities is therefore a must.
According to the President, the new nuclear power plant will play a crucial role in the Baltic region as it will ensure reliable supply of clean energy in the region, making use of the experience gathered so far and of the existing potential.
