Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-02-Speech-2-167"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-09-02"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030902.7.2-167"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-02-Speech-2-1682
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, extension, modernisation and simplification of Regulation 1408/71 are long overdue. For over 30 years we have been waiting for this work to be done. The amount of progress that has been made is a credit to Mrs Lambert, the Commission and the staff on both sides, and indeed the other groups in this House. Certainly those whose task it is to implement the Regulation will welcome its simplification, because it is a minefield for those who have to interpret the various court judgments that have been laid over the actual regulation itself. It has repeatedly been said that this is about coordination. It is true that it is not about harmonisation. I would argue, however, that it should eventually be about harmonisation. We are sticking our heads in the sand if we think we can create a European labour market if we do not move ultimately towards harmonisation, both of our social welfare systems and of our tax systems. It is a nonsense to think that we can go beyond the current 2% of movement to a real movement of labour if we do not get serious about this issue. Its purpose is to extend and to modernise. I particularly welcome the changes that were made in relation to commuting workers whose lives will be made a lot less stressful as a result of the changes that have been achieved here. In conclusion I welcome the indication from the Irish Government which intends to prioritise an agreement on this proposal during the course of its presidency. Hopefully it will not have to deal with it, because the Italian presidency will already have done so. At any rate, I look forward to it being concluded by the time this Parliament ends in June 2004."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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