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My position on this issue is inspired by the belief that weekly working time, a key aspect of social and economic life in EU Member States, should not be regulated at European level.
Working time comes under the heading of employment law, which is adopted in every democratic country by a parliament that represents all parties involved in the employment process. This provides a sufficient guarantee that employees’ and employers’ rights will be respected.
Today’s vote is a black day for European entrepreneurship and prosperity. The ‘yes’ votes cast by the Left and the Liberals meant that the proposal to tighten up the Working Time Directive was adopted by the House. The latter will now become one of the most damaging pieces of European legislation, as it amounts to nothing less than a decision to transfer the problems experienced by the French and German economies to all the other countries. This includes those countries opposed to such measures, such as Poland, Great Britain and Ireland. Doctors, nurses and some journalists will be hit hardest by restrictions on weekly working time and the inclusion of on-call time in working time, and the end result will be that the competitiveness of the European economy as a whole will be reduced even further.
In this instance, Parliament’s attempts at justification through references to the Lisbon Strategy are the height of hypocrisy."@en1
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