"mantenimiento del empleo" in English

Maintaining employment is a specific objective that nobody questions.

Small and medium-sized enterprises are essential in the creation and maintenance of employment.

There were also references to making public aid dependent upon the maintenance of employment.

These are two strategic sectors in terms of maintaining jobs and of the Union’s food supply.

These are two strategic sectors in terms of maintaining jobs and of the Union’ s food supply.

I must therefore say that I endorse the Commission’ s proposals in principle and shall vote accordingly.

This reform must focus on improving the quality and, where possible, maintaining employment in this sector.

The Commission, and also the French Government, must also take some of the responsibility.

Fishing is crucial to maintaining employment and the economy in the peripheral European regions which depend on it.

The CFP is tremendously important for maintaining employment in the peripheral regions, which are very dependent on fishing.

This type of protection of European products will also have a positive effect on maintaining employment in all Member States.

We are therefore now counting on the Commission to ensure that jobs are safeguarded and that the two sites in question are not closed down.

But we must also do everything we can to maintain those in existence which means that employment maintenance is also extremely important.

I do think, however, that to mix up objectives and include an objective on maintaining employment in the Merger Regulation would make it less effective.

Nevertheless, I am pleased to affirm that we have established as priorities the conservation of resources and the maintenance of employment in the fisheries sector.

Maintaining healthy competition, as has been pointed out, also encourages a growing economy over the medium to long term, and with growth comes employment.

These two programmes are capable of absorbing the funds in question, between now and the end of 1999, and are totally consistent with the aim of protecting jobs.

I am pleased that the report recognises the role played by the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in maintaining employment in coastal, island and remote regions.

Should it, therefore, not be demanded that maintenance of employment be the basic premise and the unambiguous condition for any actions and measures included in the new regulations?

After the phrase 'facilitating the access of unemployed young people to their first job', we would like to add 'and also the employment/continuance in employment of older people'.