Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-15-Speech-3-073"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services in the internal market (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061115.3.3-073"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-15-Speech-3-0742
lpv:speaker	lp:Pedro Guerreiro2
lpv:spokenAs	member; REGI (2005-03-08--2007-01-14)3 member; PECH (2005-03-08--2007-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (2005-01-13--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2005-01-18--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (2005-01-13--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-03-08--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2005-01-18--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"As far as UNICE (the European employers’ association) is concerned, the agreement reached in the Council on the Bolkestein Directive is an ‘important’ and ‘promising’ step forward. The Directive must therefore be ‘correctly and quickly transposed and implemented’ so that UNICE and its national Members – in Portugal, the Portuguese Industrial Association (AIP) and the Confederation of Portuguese Industry (CIP) – ‘will contribute actively'. So say the representatives of the major economic and financial groups. They see this ‘step’ as a fresh opportunity to exploit the workers and for economic domination. The Directive will serve to undermine the national sovereignty of Member States as regards defining, protecting and funding public services and as regards defining standards on how services as a whole should be provided. It will also strengthen the power of supranational bodies such as the Commission and the Court of Justice over the Member States. The accent will be placed on competition, which will have disastrous consequences for workers’ rights and for the services provided to the people. This is an unacceptable proposal, which must be rejected. Lastly, I should like to highlight the role of the social democrats (the Socialist Group in the European Parliament), who, by means of their ‘tactical’ chicanery, helped to water down the objectives and the scope of the proposed directive before us. They originally proposed the directive, made (cosmetic) amendments to it, only to reaffirm support for what they previously claimed to have rejected."@en1

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