Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-14-Speech-2-299"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Ona Rainyté-bodard2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-02-26)3 unknown; Darbo partija (2004-07-20--2009-02-16)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I am the shadow rapporteur for the report by Anne Van Lancker of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. I will talk about the regulation of the movement of workers in the Directive. Mr President, I travelled abroad for the first time in 1990, when Lithuania declared independence. Prior to this, the Communists would not let me leave, as my father was an opponent of their regime. Lithuania has now rid itself of Communists and we are in the European Union. We joined the Community wanting to be useful. We believed that we would be equal partners and citizens of the Union. Sadly, this is not so. Most of Europe's old-timers are more afraid of us than bird flu. 2006 has been declared the year of free movement for workers in the Community, but its members do not want to open the doors at all. The Directive proposes new restrictions. The Commission's figures show that there is a clear advantage for countries, which have liberalised their labour markets. Politicians, meanwhile, threaten people with an invasion from the east and ignore the facts. Why are illegal immigrants from the former Yugoslavia tolerated in Austria, Moroccans in France and Turks in Germany? But Slovaks, Poles and Lithuanians there are seen as the greatest threat. The old members of the Community have long benefited from the markets of the new countries. We say that this is fine, because we believe in mutual benefits. Our business communities are also looking for new markets and are ready to compete honestly. They know that competition equals progress and growth. They also know that only an integrated and united Europe will endure the challenges posed by globalisation. But do we know this? Unfortunately, for the Lithuanian the proposed Directive means that little has changed since the days of the iron curtain. Mr President, Europe may remain split if its peoples are played off against one another. A united Europe is one where all citizens have equal rights. Above all, freedom of movement and freedom to provide services."@en1

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