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At a time when the Constitutional Treaty requires the left to fight for a ‘yes’ vote, I believe that the amendments that the Cercas report has been able to impose on the Working Time Directive constitute a victory, given how strong the pressure from the right has been. However, this victory cannot disguise the social backward step that remains in the text voted on today. In particular:
1) the opt-out will stay in place for three years
2) the annualisation of working time will no longer be negotiated by the social partners. This is therefore a backward step in a vital area, that of monitoring flexibility.
3) although periods of ‘non-productivity’ – for example, being on call – are still accounted for in the working time, exceptions could make it possible to calculate them specifically.
The Constitutional Treaty aims to introduce more social dialogue, but the current directive reduces it. In addition, this directive affects one of the fundamental achievements of the battles of the last century: the reduction in working time, and the regulation of the working day. That is why, while welcoming the efforts of Mr Cercas and of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament to push back the ultraliberalism with which the directive is stamped, I have abstained."@en1
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