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"Mr President, when the Commissioner spoke, the Swedish Laval Case was still pending in court, and still is. If a case is pending, politicians such as ourselves, and certainly the Commission, should refrain from passing judgment. That is my first observation.
Secondly, it was imprudent of the Commissioner to decide to give the free movement of services precedence over the collective agreement. Why? Because that self-same Commissioner also has to defend the services directive here in this House, in which we do not want to put those very values at risk.
Thirdly, as a Christian Democrat, I regard the socially-oriented market economy as the principle on which politics, my politics, our politics, are based. In this social market economy, we give our social partners the responsibility of concluding their own collective agreements. This is the value of delegating and sharing responsibility. That means that if you do that, you can accommodate issues such as globalisation and the problems involving an ageing population that you have in that society. Only by giving and sharing that responsibility can this be done.
As for the social debate, which everyone refers to as the social model, I am in favour of it, as long as the social values prevail. I am in favour of a debate in which we, on the basis of those social values, can demonstrate that we are capable of providing answers, because they need to be given. This is where I would beg to differ from the Socialist Group in the European Parliament. I do not want a liberal market economy, but a socially-oriented market economy in which the social values are used as a basis, in which we find the answers to globalisation together, secure jobs, and ensure that the social security systems will be set up in such a way as to allow people to contribute to prosperity and thus employment.
On a final note, although I do not expect any initiatives that will defy the judges’ rights, I do expect some that will have that effect on Parliament and the Council."@en1
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