Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-14-Speech-2-353"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-02-14"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060214.28.2-353"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-14-Speech-2-3542
lpv:speaker	lp:Bogusław Sonik2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2005-03-02--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2005-04-28--2007-03-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-10-12--2008-01-15)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2005-12-01--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2005-03-09--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Union is constantly seeking stimuli for development, to help create a Union capable of rising to the challenges of the third millenium. This directive was supposed to make the European Union stronger at global level and better able to compete with other economies the world over. The fact that we are now a Community of 25 countries and not of 15 seems to have been overlooked. Members of this House are increasingly of the opinion that it is the new Member States that are competing against the Union, not China or the USA. The European Union seems to be afraid of itself. The old Member States that joined forces against this directive have caused a recrudescence of combative jargon. The division between the old and new Union is becoming ever more marked. Once again, the Member States are being divided into better and worse countries. The rich countries support a short-sighted policy based on fear, not on rational indications. Paradoxically, the rich countries that hitherto presented themselves as the strongest advocates of integration are the ones resisting the full implementation of the provisions of the Treaties. They are spreading alarm through references to social dumping from the new Member States and to possible threats to the European social model. I believe that the new Member States will manage. Economic growth in the eurozone is practically nil, and the economy is developing slowly. Resistance to opening up the services market fully carries with it the risk of losing a key stimulus that would accelerate the Union’s economic growth and create new jobs. To date, the new Member States have been described as moaners. In the two-speed Europe that is now emerging, they must, however, develop ways of responding swiftly to the tactical coalitions against them that are arising more and more frequently. The original draft of the directive represented a new opportunity for the European Union of 25 Member States. As it now stands, having lost the articles banning discrimination against firms providing services abroad and the country of origin principle, it is gradually losing its meaning and transparency."@en1

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