Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-03-Speech-2-115"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Institutions for occupational retirement provision2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010703.7.2-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-03-Speech-2-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-12-09--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I want to extend a warm thanks to the rapporteur for his enormous achievement in which he also managed to incorporate the work of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, not by copying everything but by including the essence of what we tried to say. I also want to thank the Commission for the extremely enjoyable way in which we were able to work together, so much so that our joint effort has culminated in a tangible result. That must give the Commission food for thought, to the effect that something must be done on this score fast. Some people believe that, when we talk about this directive, it concerns an abstract, econometric matter. That is not the case. It concerns an essential financial directive which has major social implications, and that is what this is all about. Millions of people are involved in one way or another in the way in which we want to give shape to our future pension system in Europe. In this connection, the Commission was right to use three pillars as a starting point. Here, we are regulating a major component of the second pillar. The first pillar is currently under discussion in the Council and will also be debated in this Parliament in due course. The third pillar has been regulated in the past. But that is an extremely important matter, and we must very much bear in mind the specific nature of this second pillar. The specific nature means that the social partners have an important role to play, that it remains a financial directive and that we should not mix the pillars up. The rapporteur has managed to achieve these objectives. I believe that we managed to do the same in the opinion we issued, but the rapporteur has adopted this in his report very skilfully. The only point that we wanted to take further than the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs – and I actually find it quite amusing as a member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee – was further simplification of the directive. Mr President, I should like to thank everyone and hope that the Council will produce a Directive soon."@en1

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