Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-10-Speech-2-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Organisation of working time2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050510.4.2-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-10-Speech-2-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:Luigi Cocilovo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2006-06-19)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-12-09--2009-07-13)3 unknown; La Margherita (2004-07-21--2008-02-06)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-30--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I congratulate the rapporteur on the work he has carried out and on the conclusions reached in the vote of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. My congratulations are not just a formality, as from the very first words of the debate in which we participated, it was made clear to us how difficult it is to manage such a delicate subject. I will only make reference to a few fundamental issues in my speech: protecting health and safety in the workplace is not merely the legal basis, but the reference that warrants this proposal for a directive. I fail to see how people can assert that this is a threat to the principle of subsidiarity and to the safeguarding of our various national experiences. We must bear in mind that the principle of health and safety protection beyond certain limits on working hours constitutes a general safeguard value that demands a foundation of common rules and references for the very definition of the social and economic employment model and the principles from which the European Union must take its inspiration. Every opportunity for flexible and specific regulation in this area must be defended and it is precisely because of that that I, like other Members, would prefer the fundamental principle to be that of referring back to the solutions adopted by means of collective bargaining in the various countries. That is, of course, in so far as collective bargaining exists, is effective and guarantees a regulatory foundation that can combine the requirements of flexibility and the specific organisation of working hours by sector with those of health and safety, which must be protected at all costs. We will wait and see if it will be possible to make progress on this point, also in connection with the Council position. For the time being, I believe that the solutions adopted in the vote in committee guarantee such conditions, in the same way that they guarantee margins of flexibility thanks to the prospect of extending the reference period to 12 months. I hope that, on the basis of this work, the positions that may develop in relation to the Council’s common position will guarantee ever more adequate solutions in the future."@en1

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