Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-26-Speech-3-121"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of Staff Regulations2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030326.7.3-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-26-Speech-3-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Koukiadis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2002-02-05--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Commission, whatever may be said to the contrary, is a fact of political life and has a burgeoning public sector in which its rapidly developing separate administration is the prime factor. And although this administration is expanding continually and taking on new duties, the necessary adjustments have not yet been made. Its staffing regulations are in need of reform now more than ever if we are to successfully modernise its personnel policy. We all know that technological progress has invalidated traditional staffing structures, as the private sector realised some time ago. We likewise know that the European Union is promoting a series of policies, such as measures to improve employment standards, combat discrimination, reconcile working and family life and introduce flexible employment. It would be strange if it failed to incorporate all the policies which it promotes for European society and European businesses in its own bureaucratic mechanism and if it failed to set an example for a new public administration standard. Time is short and I should therefore like to focus in my speech on three amendments. The first concerns the adoption of an amendment introducing a weighting into pension calculations, regardless of the pensioner's place of residence. The Commission proposal to introduce a weighting to adjust pensions to the purchasing power in the pensioner's place of residence runs counter to the Community principle of equality and the right of free establishment. I support the amendment by our group to secure a climate of peace within the institutions' administrative services. It is important to emphasise that, in the new working world which is emerging, safeguarding mutual trust on all sides is the key to increasing productivity. Finally, I think that we should vote in favour of adopting the amendment by our group changing contracts of fixed duration to contracts of indefinite duration where five-year contracts are renewed for a further five years. I think that this, in conjunction with recruitment of contractual agents, will allow us to achieve flexibility with the required degree of protection."@en1

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