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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I congratulate the rapporteur on his fine work. We have an important task to complete: building in earnest, alongside an economic Europe, a social Europe.
It is impossible to imagine the economic growth and development of Europe without the crucial contribution of the workers, the safeguarding of their quality of work and the protection of their health in the workplace. The working time directive is an essential element of a social Europe. We have to be fully aware that it will be impossible to reach these growth and development objectives, if we choose the ‘low road’ to competitiveness: that based on cost cutting and increased demands on the workforce. The high road is based on quality and innovation: in that context, human capital is vital and its qualitative contribution must be our objective.
The Cercas report offers a legitimate response to this objective. The report in question seeks to preserve the fundamental principles of the working time directive, as they are laid down in the European Constitution, on the issue of the reference period, on the opt-out and as regards the Court of Justice ruling relating to the periods of time spent on duty. The report contains strong support for the introduction of provisions aiming at helping employees to strike a balance between work and family life, and we therefore fully endorse the Cercas report."@en1
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