I agree with the view that, in these new circumstances, an improvement in the quality of public finances must involve greater public investment. This is a point which the Commission has highlighted in the different stability and convergence programmes and, clearly, it is a point which we must continue to stress. ###>Il s' agit là d' un point que la Commission a soulevé dans les différents programmes de stabilité et de convergence et c' est évidemment un point sur lequel nous continuerons d' insister.