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"We have voted against Mrs Van Lancker’s report on the social policy agenda.
The Commission’s proposal for a new social policy agenda is a good document. The Commission’s work defines a number of areas within which cooperation and coordination between the European Union’s Member States is important. The Commission’s new political agenda proposes a framework in which all important actors can play a role and in which the differences between the national systems are respected. The Commission will use its right of initiative and support the Member States in bringing necessary changes about.
Mrs Van Lancker wants Parliament to decide whether to alter the Commission’s proposal, mainly through, firstly, adding a number of areas to which legislation is applicable and, secondly, through establishing a number of rights at European level. Mrs Van Lancker believes that significantly more use should be made of compulsory instruments. The Commission must not be prevented from using its right of initiative in those areas in which it has the power to act and to propose compulsory instruments.
Our basic attitude towards the European Union is a very positive one. In our capacity as Swedish Liberals, we see European integration as a possible way of achieving solutions to cross-border problems such as the environment, trade, movement across the borders, human rights and conflict management. In these areas, Europe’s democracies have a chance to show the world that cooperation leads to peace and increased prosperity.
We also believe in the principle of subsidiarity whereby decisions must be made as close as possible to those they affect. That is why we are actively pushing the issue of a constitution for the European Union in which the distribution of responsibilities is clear to everyone. It must be perfectly clear to all citizens that the EU must only deal with those issues it is best placed to deal with, namely the cross-border issues. All other issues must be dealt with at local, regional or national levels.
We think that the Commission’s proposal for a social policy agenda ties in well with our view of how the EU needs to operate. A form of European cooperation which leads to coordination and more prosperity is the right course of action. The European social systems differ from each other to such an extent that compulsory legislation will not lead to an appropriate result. We wish therefore to support the Commission’s proposal and are consequently voting against Mrs Van Lancker’s report on the social policy agenda."@en1
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