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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as members of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, the representatives of the Union for French Democracy are obviously ardent supporters of the free movement of services. There is a real need to stop the Member States’ discriminatory and protectionist practices, and we are therefore in favour of a directive on services drafted in this Parliament and not via the case law of the Court.
We do, however, demand that a balance be struck between, on the one hand, this freedom promoting the economic development of Europe and, on the other, respect for labour law, environmental protection and consumer protection.
It is true that we would have preferred genuine harmonisation to the clumsy and foolish text proposed to us. All of us in this Chamber ought to have known that this draft would be overwhelmingly and justifiably rejected by European public opinion. At the stage we are already at with this matter, we could have prevented this further blow to the way in which European integration is viewed.
I must say, Madam President, that the Commission’s lack of political judgment was only matched by that of the French governmental authorities, which unexpectedly revealed themselves to be party to this series of blunders. Getting to the heart of matters, though, I should like to say how pleased I am about the progress that has been made during our debates within this Chamber.
Ladies and gentlemen, we can ensure that labour law is protected by deleting Articles 24 and 25. We can reject the country of origin principle by adopting the compromise contained in Article 16, which has become ‘compromise’ Amendment 293. This amendment, moreover, paves the way for the harmonisation for which we all hope and pray.
We can, I hope, succeed in excluding social services and services of general economic interest from this directive by voting in favour of our amendments. Throughout this process, we have supported the rapporteurs, Mrs Gebhardt and Mrs Van Lancker, whom I thank for their listening skills and their spirit of openness. If, as we hope, Parliament really wants to proceed along these lines, then we will be able, in the final vote, to support this text because it will have been thoroughly amended."@en1
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