Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-07-Speech-3-045"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EMU@10 – The first ten years of Economic and Monetary Union (Commission communication) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080507.11.3-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-07-Speech-3-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Diamanto Manolakou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (2007-01-31--2008-05-19)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2008-05-19)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2008-05-19)3,3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (2004-07-20--2008-05-19)3,3 substitute; ECON (2007-01-31--2008-05-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"As a result of the anti-popular, anti-labour aims of the Maastricht Treaty, the EMU and euro were created, preparing the ground for the reactionary Lisbon Treaty and the escalating attack on workers’ rights and freedoms. The centre-right and centre-left have ratified these EU and government decisions. In Greece, New Democracy, PASOK and the Left-Wing Coalition have voted in favour of the Maastricht Treaty. There has been a refusal to hold referendums. This serves capitalist interests admirably and shows how much capitalists fear popular reaction. Transferring a key economic policy mechanism from Member States to the control of the ECB has helped capitalists to reduce the cost of labour and multiply profits. The squeeze on wages, which the ECB has encouraged since its very foundation, has led to a sharp fall in workers’ purchasing power, a rapid deterioration in the working class family’s standard of living and to poverty. In most countries, the EMU and euro are increasingly being brought into question. The arguments about price stability, protection of economies, etc., have proved to be a sham. The euro protects only the profits of monopolies; it facilitates privatisation and mergers, and paves the way for even greater exploitation."@en1

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