Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-14-Speech-4-059"
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"Just as at the first reading, we have abstained from voting on Mr Skinner’s report concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work. This is an area in which the EU should not have such a great influence.
Our basic attitude towards the European Union is positive. European integration provides an opportunity to find solutions to cross-border problems such as the environment, trade, movement across borders, human rights and conflict management. We also believe in the principle of subsidiarity whereby decisions are to be taken as close to those affected as possible. That is why we are actively driving forward the issue of a constitution for the European Union, in which the division of responsibility is clear to everyone. It must be absolutely clear to all citizens that the EU is only to be engaged in the matters at which it is best – cross-border issues.
We are convinced that the EU is not the best level for legislation concerning, for example, how steps are to be used in work above ground or floor level. National requirements must be allowed to decide how structures are to be erected and how work is to be carried out.
For us, it is important that the EU instead concentrate on a small number of areas in which it can really do some good. This is not one such area."@en1
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