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"Commissioner, you told us that the directive gives leeway to Member States when implementing it in order to comply with social requirements, but I am asking you, as Commissioner, to make sure that those social requirements are fully respected.
Yesterday in this Parliament we voted through the employment guidelines and we called for decent work. Yet all over Europe decent jobs are being lost in the postal service. They are being replaced by precarious low-paid jobs and we know that the liberalisation of postal services is driving this agenda. There is real concern among citizens and among postal workers about the loss of jobs and I do not think that we in this Parliament and the Commission can continue to ignore that fact.
As a representative of a largely rural constituency, I have received many queries about the obligation to ensure the collection and delivery of postal items five days per week. Once again, you have a responsibility in this area.
Finally, I agree with many of the other speakers that we do need a moratorium on the full implementation of this directive. In the meantime…"@en1
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