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We fully agree that there is a need to harmonise social legislation on road transport. Our concern is not to prevent distortion of competition with third countries, but to guarantee lorry drivers the best pay, status and working conditions. We cannot be content with half-measures in this sector, which has been abandoned to capitalist brutality. It is right to oppose the flexible week, restrict working times and specify the minimum age of drivers engaged in the carriage of goods. We need to increase controls, penalise employers who fail to comply with the provisions of the regulation and increase the participation of the social partners.
The Markov report, however, does not go far enough with regard to weekly driving time and the possibility of dividing breaks. It is insufficient to reduce the weekly driving time, which is currently set at 56 hours, to 45 hours. It is unacceptable to authorise the division of rest time. These two measures perpetuate the fact that drivers are employees who are forced to break the law for greater market profits. That is why, although we are in favour of progressive social measures, we did not, in the end, vote for this report."@en1
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