Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-10-Speech-2-072"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Organisation of working time2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050510.4.2-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-10-Speech-2-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2005-02-21--2007-01-14)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"There is no doubt that Europe has managed to establish a social model that is among the best in the world. We should work to preserve this model. Nobody is saying that we should not. The parliamentary report before us goes too far, however, and could create serious problems, especially in Member States that have not yet obtained a certain standard of living. Why should we remove workers’ right to increased wages, especially in new Member States where people necessarily have to work longer hours in order to increase their incomes? What are workers who borrowed money from banks in the form of home loans going to do? It is right to have ever higher social standards. However, we must understand that we are dealing with reality, not theory. At a time when we are talking so much about the Lisbon Strategy in order to make our economy grow and to create work, we should not pass laws that are less flexible. Workers want us to pass laws that create jobs, not to stop them from working more than eight hours’ overtime per week. Who are we to take this right away from them? I would be the first to agree that the working week should be shorter, but only if wages are enough to live on. Some countries have not yet reached that position. So let us use common sense. If there is anyone who abuses the opt out and works an excessive number of hours with risks to health and safety, then let us attack this abuse. We should not, however, remove workers’ right to choose for themselves whether or not they want to work longer hours."@en1

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