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"Mr President, all of us want to see less poverty and more social justice. More jobs can provide both. More employment laws like the atypical workers' directive will secure neither. The Commission is trying to impose a straitjacket on something that cannot and does not need to be standardised.
My colleague, Mr Pronk, said a moment ago that he would like everyone to recognise that Member States organise temporary work in different ways. That is absolutely right. I too would like everyone to recognise that, and we want Member States to be able to continue to organise in different ways. The very adjective 'atypical' in the name of this directive says it all.
Earlier in this debate Ms Attwooll said that Amendment No 71, for example, would guard against any adverse effects. That is wishful thinking. This amendment offers some help, but the improvements are marginal and all our temporary workers, recruitment agencies and client companies will be saying the same thing – that we are still left with a directive that could cost the UK alone 160 000 jobs.
I will address my final remarks to the Commissioner, even though she will probably never speak to me again. Last week the press reported her as saying that the EU had created a net 12 million jobs over the last six years and that the EU' s rigid labour market was not the main problem facing Europe's economy. It is very easy to say that there is no problem or that, if there is, then it is someone else's problem. It is a problem for all of us, but you are, with respect, making it worse. You are proposing the atypical workers' directive which, instead of promoting job flexibility, will help to kill it off.
This directive has little to do with protecting the rights of temporary workers, certainly in the UK where happily they already enjoy such protection. It is notionally about protecting the jobs of permanent workers by making it more difficult for companies to employ temporary staff.
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yesterday reported on the labour market problems in Germany, describing how reform is being resisted and vested interests are being protected, all under the guise of promoting social justice. The Commission should have the guts to strip away this pretence and withdraw this directive. To encourage it to do so, the UK Conservative delegation will vote against this report."@en1
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