Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-18-Speech-2-153"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market access to port services2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031118.6.2-153"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-18-Speech-2-1542
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, our ports are of enormous importance to our prosperity, and they form the linchpin for world trade. Unfair competition among ports should therefore be avoided, and we can imagine a directive to this effect, but it has not been drafted yet. However, the fight should not lead to a lack of security, social dumping and environmental pollution in ports. Self-handling that has been proposed in this forum, even in its watered-down version, constitutes a serious infringement of this. In this light, the European Parliament would have liked to make self-handling dependent on a real compulsory authorisation and omit the pilotage services from the competitive battle. It is therefore very unfortunate that neither the Council nor the Commission acted upon the compromise that was struck in Parliament. Despite two and a half years of discussion, the camps are diametrically opposed to each other. We are in favour of a breach in social tradition in our ports. After the ships of convenience, we are now also being faced with ports of convenience This fear is not only present among port workers, but also among those who are concerned about social peace in our ports, which is being jeopardised by your directive, Mrs Miguélez Ramos. This push for liberalisation is currently presenting more risks than benefits in our ports. We will therefore vote against it, and do so emphatically."@en1

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