Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-14-Speech-2-324"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-02-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20060214.28.2-324"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-14-Speech-2-3252
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Andersson2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2005-05-24--2007-01-15)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Arbetarepartiet- Socialdemokraterna (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; EMPL (2005-05-24--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, right now, everyone’s attention is on the European Parliament. We have every opportunity to set the political agenda. We must make use of that opportunity and make an impression on this incredibly important directive. This is not the Bolkestein Directive, but a compromise in the making, which is something quite different. I shall give a few examples from the area covered by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Labour law, collective agreements and the right to take strike action are not affected by the directive. In the future, it will be possible for Member States to require services companies to have representatives able to conclude collective agreements and be responsible for inspections of the working environment etc. Services for the benefit of everyone, such as health care and medical services, education and social services are exempt from the directive. Nor are temporary agencies affected, and this in anticipation of a separate directive specifically concerned with such agencies. When it comes to services of general economic interest, it is up to the Member States to decide whether or not they wish to open up such services to competition. If they are, however, opened up in that way, so too should the whole of the internal market be. This is a constructive compromise which combines the merits of the internal market with security in the labour market and, moreover, protects the public services to which people in our Member States and regions currently have access. Some people believe that this is an unclear compromise. How do matters stand at present, however? What happens if we reject the directive? How many cases are languishing in anticipation of decisions by the European Court of Justice instead of being resolved by means of a directive through which we spell out the ground rules? I maintain that this directive would emphatically mean progress. It is clearer than the regulations we have at present, and we should therefore vote in favour of it."@en1

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