Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-08-Speech-3-991"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Stepping up the fight against undeclared work (short presentation)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081008.26.3-991"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-08-Speech-3-9902
lpv:speaker	lp:Katalin Lévai2
lpv:spokenAs	member; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; 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 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"( ) The 2007 Eurobarometer end-of-year survey showed that 5% of European Union citizens capable of work (19.7 million persons out of the EU’s 392.9 million inhabitants) admitted to working illegally. In some Member States the level of undeclared work reached or exceeded 20% of GDP. Undeclared work is a factor with permanently existing negative economic effects in the European labour market, a vicious circle it is very difficult for the employed, and the work providers, to get out of. The sectors most under this stress are agriculture, construction, house maintenance, and the hotel and tourism services, where uncertainty and unfavourable wages are typical. For this reason the updating of labour and employment standards and the effort to control this black market cannot remain at the level of empty hypothesis but must be embraced by the Member States. It is my proposal that the Commission should draft a European Union strategy to fight the black market and should shoulder the lion’s share of the work of employment and social supervision. The Member States must pursue reforms in the tax and social security regimes, thereby reducing the oppressive tax burden on the labour force. So that households can purchase services at lower prices, the introduction of EU service vouchers would be proposed; these would ensure payment of both social security contributions and tax payments. For the fight against undeclared work it is however an essential condition that the Member States open up their labour markets to each other’s employees, as partial restriction in these areas encourages the formation of regional inequalities as well as divergence from EU principles and the European approach."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"HU"1 "Katalin Lévai (PSE ),"1 "in writing"1

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