Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-25-Speech-2-017"
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"Mr President, I rarely say that it is a function of mine to defend the Commission, but Commissioners have the right to freedom of expression and, just occasionally, they may even say eminently sensible things, like President Barroso when he accepted that the Constitution is unenforceable and that we need to move on. So, Commissioner McCreevy had the right to express his opinion. If that opinion was that, in some way, a ‘one size fits all’ approach to the social model is required, then that opinion is wrong.
The European social model cannot be defined with singularity; it must take account of diversity and respect the various traditions across Europe. What is right for Sweden is not the choice of others. Social policy must be tailored to the needs of the individual countries. Subjecting social policy to the same regulation as business will not work. Save us from the oppressive uniformity that some would impose upon us and let the needs of each rule the day."@en1
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