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The Social Democrats promised us that Europe would cease to be just an economic market, a single currency and a liberalising machine. Enhanced with a “Charter of Fundamental Rights”, Social Europe would at long last take on a social character.
But nothing of the sort has been achieved. This Charter represents a social step backwards as regards democracy and freedoms, falling short of the terms of the Treaties currently in force. Great pressure had to be exerted before the right to join trade unions and the right to strike were at last included. Except for a few general comments, women have the right to “marry” and “found a family”, while immigrants have the right not to be subjected to “collective expulsion”.
Social rights simply do not feature. There is no right to work, just the “right to engage in work”; there is no right to social protection or accommodation, just “the right to social assistance and housing assistance”; there is no right to a retirement pension or a minimum income; there is no ban on redundancies, just the “right to protection against unjustified dismissal”. In fact, the fight against social exclusion is relegated to the level of assistance, instead of imposing a requirement for basic rights binding upon employers and states. Yet, on the other hand, the Charter of course gives the right to property and the freedom to conduct a business more than their due.
For all the above reasons, this Charter must not be incorporated into the Treaties of the European Union, and we cannot accept the text as it is currently worded."@en1
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