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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Social policy agenda2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001023.7.1-076"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-23-Speech-1-0772
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2002-03-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, the citizens of the European Union expect more than just vague commitments that are then forgotten and which are rarely converted into binding instruments or decisions that bring about a real improvement in the quality of their lives and of their work. In order to dispel any lack of confidence, this social agenda must enable objectives and policies that have been postponed for years to be put into practice. The Council must not leave various specific proposals that have been postponed year after year simply hanging in the air. I have in mind proposals on decisions that are crucial to improving the rights of working women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, and vital for improving workers’ collective and individual rights, including the right to information, consultation and participation, specifically in the framework of the European Company Statute and of the European Works Council. This is necessary from the point of view of guaranteeing workers’ rights and preventing redundancies as a result of successive mergers and relocations by multinationals in various European countries. As the rapporteur, Mrs Van Lancker, emphasises, although social dialogue is important, it must produce tangible results. Otherwise, the Commission will have to propose legislative instruments and the Council will have to approve the measures needed, specifically by amending macroeconomic policies and the Stability Pact, in order to give credibility to our fight against poverty and social exclusion and to our efforts to defend good quality jobs with respectable salaries and to advocate reforms that give employees dignity."@en1

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