Explaining that "Europe is not a community based on austerity, Europe is a community based on solidarity", the president stressed that budgetary consolidation needs to be grounded in social justice and matched by initiatives to restore growth.
"Eiropa nav kopiena, kas balstīta uz taupību, Eiropa ir kopiena, kas balstīta uz solidaritāti," teica Šulcs, uzstājot, ka budžets jākonsolidē, pamatojies uz sociālo taisnīgumu un papildus veicot pasākumus izaugsmes sekmēšanai.