Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-09-Speech-4-139"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-06-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Social inclusion in the new Member States (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050609.26.4-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-09-Speech-4-1402
lpv:speaker	lp:Koenraad Dillen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2007-01-14)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, during the French campaigns for the referendum, we repeatedly heard the tenors of the ‘yes’ camp in the Netherlands maintain that, in the enlarged Europe as described by the draft Constitution, there would be little risk of delocalisation, immigration of cheap labour to the richer Member States and unfair competition for SMEs in the older ones. In my country, Flanders, there is now evidence to the contrary, for we see the Flemish transport industry being dealt heavy blows by cheap transport companies from Eastern Europe, and there are other examples I could mention. I am at any rate delighted that this report on social inclusion in the new Member States, maybe quite unintentionally, puts its finger on a number of difficulties, and indicates the immense structural social differences between the new Member States, many of which today are still struggling to come to terms with the catastrophic legacy from Communist times, and the fifteen Member States prior to enlargement. Despite many sound proposals and suggestions – we all hope that the new Member States will achieve a level of prosperity comparable to that of their western neighbours as soon as possible – we should not be blind to the fact that social integration of the new Member States may also compromise the cohesion of the whole of the European Union. Consequently, when no protective measures are taken in order to avoid the risks to which our economies are exposed, and to which I have already referred, including social dumping, the reinforcement of social cohesion in the new Member States must go hand in hand with stringent measures that rule out unfair competition within the EU as a whole. If we do not do this, then the European leaders have not at all understood the protests by the Dutch and the French people over the past few weeks, soon, undoubtedly, to be followed by the Luxembourgers and the Danes."@en1

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