Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-18-Speech-3-168"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060118.17.3-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-18-Speech-3-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Dirk Sterckx2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten - Vivant (2004-07-20--2008-04-17)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I did not reject the proposal for the port directive. In my view, we should have amended it and improved on it, for a balanced package of amendments was before us. We could have done as the trade unions requested, and removed the self-handling clause from the directive. We could have prepared a framework for licences and contracts, for the selection of port service providers by the port authorities. We could have drafted a clear legal framework for the pilotage services. We could have drawn up clear transitional arrangements for existing licences. A majority in this House regarded that as unnecessary, even though European port policy has been the subject of discussion for ten years now and even though we are probably familiar with all arguments by now. I am not prepared to indulge in short-term thinking and bury my head in the sand. We, politicians, have a duty to carry out our legislative work, which was not the case today. We are now passing on policy to the judges at the European Court of Justice, who will decide what the free movement of services in our ports means. Our Parliament was short-sighted today. I was of a different opinion."@en1

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