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Mr President, I too have great appreciation for the policy statement by the President of the Commission, Mr Barroso, and I am delighted that he now has a grasp of Dutch. He can understand Dutch. The Commission President understands Dutch. I should like to make five comments with regard to the statement.
I am delighted about his remark that Europe is more than just a market. When you say this, though, you also have to follow it through. This means to us – and we will be putting this request in the resolution – that you have to outline the consequences of the internal market on the European citizens. Once those consequences have been mapped out, it is possible to respond adequately.
I would like to make a second remark by way of priority. The combination of work and family, more people within this labour market, is also one of the priorities in the Lisbon process. We would like to see more action on this score.
Thirdly, a Green Paper on labour legislation is pending. We have seen this announced for a long time, but when exactly will it be issued?
Fourthly, President Barroso mentioned attracting immigration. When I hear this, I wonder how I should justify this to the colleagues from Poland, Bulgaria and Romania who will be approaching us shortly, where this free movement of workers has not even taken off yet. I would appreciate a response to this.
Fifthly, I should like the Social Affairs Commissioner to attend more to all matters that are still outstanding in the Council, namely posting of workers, working hours legislation, but also the mobility of pensions, which I happen to know leads to major problems and to which a number of improvements are now being made at Commission level too. We as a group in Parliament are happy to have further discussions with you on these matters."@en1
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