Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-13-Speech-1-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Free movement of workers and transition periods (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060313.22.1-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-13-Speech-1-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Othmar Karas2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; JURI (2005-04-25--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Österreichische Volkspartei - Liste Ursula Stenzel (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2007-02-14)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am glad that we are having this debate, since I am not one of those who want to settle this issue by creating winners and losers, by playing the old off against the new. We live in a Community. It is vitally important that we should make it abundantly clear that the four freedoms are among the fundamental rights of the European Union, one of whose principles is the ban on discrimination. The four freedoms are at the heart of the internal market; their implementation makes it a domestic one. These EU principles – the political goals – are clear, and they unite us. We must implement them as soon as possible; the reason why we have not yet done so is that our policies are subject to different framework conditions, to different social legislation, different wages, different tax legislation, different labour laws. With 19 million unemployed, we have differing growth rates, which are – thank heavens – higher in the new Member States than in the old ones. The result of this is fear and worry on the part of the public. Not least in my own country, which has the longest external border with the new Member States, there are more and more citizens of the new Member States in the workforce. What we have to do, though, is look into the Treaties and Community law for ways in which we can take public concerns and fears into consideration. Rather than standing in the way, we are seeking acceptable transitions, but transitions are not our goal; what we are aiming to do is to make the four freedoms a reality, to lay fears to rest and join together in seeking joint solutions. Rather than apportioning blame, we need to meet each other halfway."@en1

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