Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-14-Speech-3-318"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Harassment at the workplace2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040114.9.3-318"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-14-Speech-3-3192
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I firstly wish sincerely to thank Mr Hughes and Mr Andersson for raising this issue. I believe that the moral and psycho-social working environment, indeed the spirit of the workplace, are fundamental values that are deeply undervalued in the perhaps unduly soulless societies that our European welfare states have become. I believe it is completely inexcusable for employees to be harassed in their workplaces and not to be seen as employees and as the human beings they are, and to be fully valued as such. How we behave towards each other is a question of decency. It is also, ultimately, a question of civilisation and a question of how we see each other as people. I wish to thank you for being so positive in emphasising this important matter of the working environment. I believe, as previous debaters have said – and we are agreed about this here in the House – that this is an extremely important and undervalued area. Moving on, now, to your request, Mr Andersson and Mr Hughes, you seriously doubt that there is sufficient protection in national legislation. Are we certain of that? We can in fact have confidence that Swedish legislation, followed by Belgian legislation, can set a sound and healthy pattern in the rest of Europe. Let us not rule out that way, because it has still not been tried in very many countries. Hand on heart, is it really the case that, as a result of European legislation, this issue would be dealt with closer to workplaces and employees? Would European legislation make for a more effective solution to the problem? I am afraid that we would be distancing the whole problem and, instead of finding a solution to it, removing it too far from our workplaces. Let us try the route of national legislation in this area."@en1

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