Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-08-Speech-3-416"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-09-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Free movement of workers – temporary restrictions affecting Romanian and Bulgarian citizens on the European Union labour market (debate)2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Renate Weber2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I confess I would be better off speaking in my own language, but listening to the Commissioner’s answer, I have decided to forget about my prepared notes and to speak in English. This is firstly because I think we would like the Commissioner to understand us directly, rather than via the interpreters; and secondly, because otherwise, I suppose that we will mostly be hearing Romanian and Bulgarian during this late debate in the Chamber tonight. Commissioner, you mentioned that several studies have shown that after the accession of the countries from Eastern and Central Europe, the problems were not in the countries where the workers were accepted. In fact, it was quite the opposite: they actually had a positive impact and GDP increased, so there is no fear about an influx of workers from these countries. The fact that you also mentioned countries other than Romania and Bulgaria is no comfort at all for us. In fact, it is quite the opposite: it shows that there is discrimination against even more EU citizens. I have to confess that I was surprised when you said that it is up to the Member States. If we cannot speak about a single market without mentioning the labour market, and if we all admit that this is a fundamental right, then how can it be up to the Member States? We know that the enforcement of fundamental rights lies within the European Union’s sphere of responsibility, so the principle of subsidiarity does not apply. So I honestly think that the Commission should do much more to convince the Member States to lift these restrictions, which discredit the European Union."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Naţional Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Renate Weber (ALDE )."1
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