Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-10-Speech-2-058"

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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	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050510.4.2-058"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-10-Speech-2-0592
lpv:speaker	lp:Karin Jöns2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2007-01-31)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I shall be concentrating on on-call time. I do so because many Members are wondering why it is that this appears to be a particular problem in Germany, where the owners of hospitals are up in arms against the change proposed by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, just as they once were against the rulings by the ECJ. So, for the sake of clarification, let me explain that the ECJ’s ruling has been implemented in Germany, too, since 2004, when German law began to treat the whole of on-call time as working time, in precisely the same way that Mr Cercas’ report demands. Secondly, in practice, too, this can be done without too much difficulty, as is demonstrated by a study to which even the German Minister for Health has referred. I might add that, in Germany, there has been funding available since 2003 for the introduction of much-needed innovative models of working time and for the recruitment of some new doctors. Even then, there can be problems, but it is for that very reason that our Committee wants the opening clause, which would state that alternative arrangements could be made by collective agreement – and only in an emergency by law – to make allowance for the inactive periods. The problem is not the European Working Time Directive; the problem is German hospitals’ aversion to reform. For example, one German region, while being much smaller than Sweden, has far more hospitals and hospital beds. The issue with on-call time is the safety of the patients. Even though staying awake for a period of 24 hours is equivalent, in terms of its adverse effects, to having a blood-alcohol level of 1 per thousand, doctors often work over 30 hours at a stretch, and that is what must be changed."@en1

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