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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the speech made by President of the Commission Barroso deserves credit for the fact that it did not cast doubt upon the need to retain the European social model and did not push for any abandonment of it in the interests of greater competitiveness. What I missed in his speech, however, was any emphasis on the need to maintain and enhance social dialogue. What I have in mind here is negotiations between trade unions and employers’ associations at all levels, including the European level. I am convinced that everything which has been achieved in post-war Europe is the result of cooperation between sensible governments, employers’ organisations and trade unions.
When looking at the proposals intended to help make Europe more competitive, its labour market more flexible and the business conditions more transparent and simple, I cannot help feeling that the last obstacle to actually achieving this are, in many people’s eyes, the democratically established powerful trade union organisations. Unfortunately, we are today witnesses to the fact that, especially in some of the countries which have recently acceded, representatives of the conservative parties are confusing social dialogue with social monologue. There have been attempts to replace industrial relations which have been in existence for more than a century with individual relations. This is supported by primitive arguments to the effect that all individuals are freely able to make decisions and assert themselves in the labour market. It is therefore a good thing that our group is placing emphasis on the creation of more, but also better jobs. Europe does not and never will want what American trade unionists fittingly call McJobs.
There are many ways in which to dismantle a social state and some of them have unfortunately been tried with success in formerly wealthy and stable countries in the South American region. Therefore, no privatisation of public services, no privatisation of pension systems. I find most European labour legislation satisfactory, but what I find unsatisfactory is the inadequate control over what is approved and what is subsequently not observed and even contravened in some Member States. Mr President, how are you going to ensure that good European directives do not simply remain pieces of paper? Thank you."@en1
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