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"Several people have pointed out that the Posting of Workers Directive and the Services Directive are closely interconnected. Therefore, I regret that we will not deal with both together in November, although that would have been logical and sensible.
As for our standpoint, there is an important philosophical difference between the approach expressed by socialist and Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance fellow Members. We put the focus on strengthening and speeding up the economy, because without accelerating development we cannot create new jobs and we cannot secure long-term financing for the major social welfare systems or safeguard European social values. It will be impossible to make progress towards trying to balance work and family life or towards improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. Consequently, we will not have adequate resources to deal on a European level with the massive downsizing caused by company relocations.
The question, then, is whether we want to hamper or strengthen the performance of the economy. In the course of the debate on the Posting of Workers Directive, it seemed to me that we want to hamper it, which is not a good sign for the future. To mention only the most striking problem, the requirement concerning company representatives runs completely counter to the free provision of services. In practice, this represents a serious competitive disadvantage. It would require setting up a local framework, which is an expensive, pointless and impractical exercise. This is why I would like to bring to your attention the fact that we consider Amendment 7 to be crucial. Should it not be accepted, we will not support adoption of the directive. Please, take that into consideration when voting."@en1
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