Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-04-Speech-4-039"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Labour, social governance and globalisation2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020704.3.4-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-04-Speech-4-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Martine Roure2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first of all, I think we should congratulate Mrs Gillig on this report. European legislation is often poorly perceived by the public and we therefore demand that greater account be taken of people’s interests, particularly to improve social governance and working conditions in the Member States, but also in third countries. We believe it is rather dangerous to say that the greatest concern is that the recognition of a link between trade and social issues could be abused for protectionist purposes or open the door for increased recourse to trade sanctions. Some people believe that social issues are still abusive. Where are they abusive? When are they abusive? We can reaffirm that people use work in order to improve their living conditions and not the other way round. Unfortunately, changes often bring about a deterioration of workers’ living conditions. In the Programme of Action, governments committed themselves to ‘safeguarding and promoting respect for basic workers’ rights, including the prohibition of forced labour and child labour, freedom of association, freedom to organise and bargain collectively’. This is an important point. Slavery is a crime; sexual exploitation is a crime. It is not work. And I wanted us to state this even more clearly. Promoting core labour standards means preventing third countries from being exploited by rich countries. This is, in my view, how we must understand it. At the Nice European Council, the European Union endorsed a social agenda which promotes the concept of quality – in employment, in industrial relations, and in working conditions – as the driving force for a thriving and inclusive economy, with more and better jobs. We are today reaffirming, Mr President, Commissioner, that the universal application of fundamental rights is, obviously, a prerequisite for making progress."@en1

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