Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-14-Speech-2-211"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060214.26.2-211"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-14-Speech-2-2122
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Tadeusz Masiel2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2006-11-14)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2006-11-14)3 unknown; Samoobrona RP (2004-07-20--2008-11-04)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; PETI (2004-07-27--2006-11-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the initial text of the Bolkenstein directive represented an opportunity for the Europe of the Twenty-Five, and also an opportunity for the Europe of the Fifteen. Little remains of that text now. National interests have superseded European ones and the principle of solidarity has been swept aside by the egoism displayed by certain countries. Is the concern about social conditions not just a smokescreen for concern about national markets? Is there any value in the compromise reached between the Right and the Left, and can it be trusted? During the recent debate on the European Constitution in France, serious misgivings about the latest enlargement of the Union came to the surface. Nonetheless, negotiations with Turkey were opened. The new Member States do not pose a threat to the Union. In its initial form the Services Directive was an opportunity to redress the imbalance arising from the unfair accession conditions imposed on the new Member States. Their citizens do not have the right to work elsewhere in the Union and the agricultural subsidies are very low. At the same time, foreign supermarkets and other firms, mostly French ones, are notching up record profits in Poland. They are employing people at a fifth of the normal wage, until 10 p.m., on Sundays, and they hardly pay any taxes into the Polish Government’s coffers. Mr Schulz, leader of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, need not lose any sleep over our situation. Our countries know best what is good for them. That ambitious programme seems to be dead and buried, even though it complied with the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy. We had the choice of travelling to a better Europe by express train or on a push bike, and we chose the push bike. Today is St. Valentine’s Day, but there is not much evidence of love between the Member States of the old and new Union."@en1

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