Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-07-Speech-4-221"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State of implementation of working time directive2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020207.12.4-221"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-07-Speech-4-2222
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you, Mr President, EU citizens are very prosperous and enjoy the fruits of that prosperity. This is expressed in the level of welfare experienced by them. Consequently, the protection of employee welfare in an economic climate which centres on productivity and efficiency deserves all our care and attention. Citizens’ welfare is therefore served by sound legislation on working hours and hours of rest. As an extension of the rapporteur’s approach, I should like to draw your attention to Sunday’s being a collective day of rest. In my view, the rapporteur gives too little attention to the importance of this in his approach. It is one of the tasks of the Member States, in line with customs and traditions in the Member State in question, to designate a day of rest. I am delighted to note that in 9 of the 15 Member States, Sunday has been officially designated a day of rest. These Member States have taken the order from Parliament in 1996 seriously and realise that a day of collective rest is of great importance to families, extended families and other social networks. Research in the Netherlands has this week shown that consumers have little or no interest in shopping on a Sunday. It is therefore of major importance that allowance be made in social legislation for the fact that Sundays are to be maintained as days of rest within the European Union. To Christians, Sunday has the specific significance of a day of rest designated by God, which goes back to the day of Christ’s resurrection. As such, this day of rest is deeply engrained in European culture. After all, there is more to life than production and consumption."@en1
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