Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-30-Speech-1-090"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030630.10.1-090"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Theodorus J.J. Bouwman2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 chair; EMPL (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Zappalà, some 10 years ago, I sat on the municipal council in Eindhoven, in the southeast of Brabant, which is a technology region. Philips and Daf were in dire straits. It was a time of high unemployment as a result of all kinds of developments in international industry. In those days, there was a covenant involving industry and the municipality on building in a sustainable manner. There was little employment in the building industry. Then, we discovered that in Groningen, there was a model for European contracts which was able to meet a number of criteria, for example with regard to equal working conditions and social legislation, but also to the regional labour market’s employment criteria and to environmental criteria. We found this valuable and subsequently applied it. This would, to a large extent, be allowed on the basis of the current proposals. However, the problem that is causing anxiety for many is that the Christian Democrats, and particularly the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, have accepted a number of amendments on the basis of which it would no longer be possible to spend public funds in this transparent, non-discriminatory way that serves regional causes. We are talking about socially responsible entrepreneurship to ensure that financial, social and environmental objectives are integrated into a strategic policy. We should, however, be fighting for socially responsible government even more than for socially responsible entrepreneurship. We could then, if we take transparency into account, also avoid the likelihood of fraud. In other words, we agree to a number of the objectives that Mr Bolkestein mentioned, such as legal certainty and effective spending, but integral policy means that we should also include a number of other criteria, and that is what, in my view, we should vote for tomorrow."@en1

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