Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-10-Speech-2-062"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-10"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050510.4.2-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-10-Speech-2-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Bushill-matthews2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I will confine my remarks purely to the issue of the opt-out. The rapporteur said that the opt-out violates the fundamental principles of the Treaty. That is simply not true. The Commission is the guardian of the Treaties; the Commission proposed 10 years ago that the opt-out should exist. In the review now, 10 years on, the Commission is still proposing that the opt-out should continue to exist. Mr Hughes said that the issue is about work/life balance. The rapporteur asserts that people are asking how Europe improves their living conditions. I do not believe that people are asking that. People are asking themselves how they can improve their living conditions for themselves. At the moment, the decision of many millions of them is to use the opt-out. The issue before us today is: who decides? Should it be a small group of out-of-touch politicians dictating what makes a better quality of life for the people, or should it be the millions of workers themselves, who currently enjoy the right to choose and who want to continue to decide for themselves? Many of the new Member States want to make use of the opt-out. All the social partners except the ETUC want to keep the opt-out. Small business organisations across the EU have contacted me, pleading that the opt-out be kept. My good friend Mr Silva Peneda says that this report proposes more flexibility and is good for SMEs. SMEs themselves fundamentally disagree, and they should know. The issue is: who should decide? I believe that it should not be for us in this Parliament to decide and to dictate excessive and rigid restrictions on how people choose to spend their lives. People want more freedom and more flexibility. We should give that to them and vote against this report."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE )."1

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