Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-10-Speech-2-053"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Organisation of working time2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050510.4.2-053"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-10-Speech-2-0542
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Andersson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Arbetarepartiet- Socialdemokraterna (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2004-07-22--2005-05-23)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, I wish to begin by thanking the rapporteur for the very good job he has done. In the short time I have, I shall concentrate on one aspect, namely the opt-out. Mrs De Vits said that this is contrary to the principle of subsidiarity, but that is not the case. Denmark, Sweden and France, for example, are at liberty to have standards higher than those in this minimum directive. This is a minimum directive. Can we do without a minimum directive? No, we cannot, for a directive of this kind also affects indirectly what may be some countries’ very significantly higher standards. If we were to have a situation in which countries began to compete with each other in terms of long working hours, then that would affect the situation in Denmark, Sweden and France. Because we have free movement of capital, these matters are not unrelated to the principle of subsidiarity. That is the first thing. The second concerns our responsibility as legislators. Does our responsibility stop at our national borders? Are we only to think about the free movement of companies or are we also to assume some responsibility for employees’ health? I believe that we must also assume some responsibility for employees’ health, and we therefore need a minimum directive. Thirdly, we often talk about the need to reconcile family life and working life, but what is to become of this if we permit long working periods? It would lead to a situation in which it were men who worked and did not assume responsibility for their families, and then we should not obtain an equal society. That is why we need this proposal by the rapporteur."@en1

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