Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-14-Speech-2-220"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060214.26.2-220"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-14-Speech-2-2212
lpv:speaker	lp:Roberta Angelilli2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry to say this, but the European Parliament is running the risk of creating a monster with this directive. Unfortunately, the objective of bringing down those hateful bureaucratic barriers that effectively strangle the free movement of services has substantially failed. What remains of the directive is a pastiche, the outcome of the rationale that compromise should be taken to the extreme, lumping together views that cannot coexist, namely unbridled liberalisation and protection for the corporate privileges of certain categories and sectors. It is in fact important to realise that all the powerful sectors have been excluded from the scope of this directive – telecommunications, banking and financial services, insurance and legal services – in other words, all those sectors that have been strong enough to keep out of the directive, whereas it will apply to all the weak sectors that need greater social protection and are less able to be represented and to exert pressure. Even so, I want to see the cup as being half full. I note that the country-of-origin principle has rightly been removed, and we hope that all services of general interest will be excluded from the scope of the directive. I should like to highlight two contributions that we have made to the text. First, the Commission is obliged to submit a report to the European Parliament on the implementation status of the directive, in order to check that it is being implemented properly and to ensure that the directive does not breach laws protecting workers’ and consumers’ rights. Secondly, we have called for a national monitoring body to be set up in each Member State to draw up an annual report and check that the directive is being implemented, so that it does not violate workers’ rights or result in practices that cause social dumping. The body must also check that workers are afforded all due health and safety protection in the workplace. In conclusion, I call for the body to monitor …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1

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