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dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Uniform driver attestation2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.14.2-351"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-3522
lpv:speaker	lp:Theodorus J.J. Bouwman2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-12-16--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, rapporteur, thank you so much for all your efforts. I can remember that these related to my first parliamentary questions, for I was rather unfamiliar with the mechanism for matters of this kind. During the Christmas recess last year, I was reading something about the illegal deployment of Eastern European drivers, social dumping as it is referred to, and such like. Probably like many others, I then thought that something should simply be done about this. I am grateful for the fact that this issue was addressed reasonably promptly. It is not just the trade union associations, but it was also the employers who sounded the alarm. It was a joint effort. I would like to make it clear at this stage that we are keen supporters of the free movement of labour. Needless to say, there is an entire debate, specifically in Germany and Austria, with regard to border traffic, and there are all kinds of problems, but if work is done in the European Union – enlarged or not, as the case may be – it should be carried out under the working conditions and working hour regulations which apply here. It is as simple as that. That means that some countries should also consider whether, slowly but surely, they should start introducing minimum wages and minimum standards, for otherwise these areas would be difficult to verify. I regret the fact that we are not focusing our attention initially on third countries. The underlying reasoning for this is explained later on. I would mainly underline the importance of evaluation, for it is not just this construction, but also the move to Luxembourg, along with a whole series of other measures, which have led to this. We should make sure that we are not always lagging behind."@en1

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