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"Mr President, tomorrow, Mr Barroso is going to seek our support in his bid to secure a second term in office. I would like to remind the House that Polish shipyard workers appealed repeatedly to the Commission, calling for a decision that would save their workplaces. No help was forthcoming, because under Mr Barroso’s leadership, the Commission has demonstrated a total lack of concern for the problems affecting working people. Thousands of Polish shipyard workers are still suffering the painful consequences of the Commission’s antisocial policy for their communities. We would do well to remember that we have been elected to this House to represent the citizens, yet this is neither the kind of policy nor the kind of Union our constituents expect.
If we support Mr Barroso, nothing will change. The Commission’s activities and its legislative initiatives will become further and further removed from Europe’s needs. We need to appoint a President and Commissioners who will ensure that social aims take precedence over economic ones. We need to opt for a social Europe in which the fate of working people is deemed to be just as important as profit. Ladies and gentlemen, we must not allow ourselves to be seduced by sweet talk used as a smokescreen to conceal ruthless and inhumane right-wing policies."@en1
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