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I did, of course, vote in favour of the Services Directive. The fruit of broad compromises, it is an amended, revised and revisited text that opens up the services market in Europe. I voted in favour of this text, as did the vast majority of Parliament – as did almost four-fifths of its Members.
The opening up of the services market will be positive for our economies; it will help in the fight against illegal labour and will guarantee better social protection for all European workers. According to the OECD, the directive is going to create two and a half million jobs in Europe and, until proven otherwise, is going to create jobs; this is still the best social policy there is!
Demonisation is the tactic used by those who are deprived of it: it is, I might add, amusing to note that, in the Socialist camp, only a last handful of diehards, including the French-speaking Belgians, are still rejecting this compromise, which has been accepted by everyone, including the trade unions!
Parliament and the Council have played their part and proved those who constantly demonise this text wrong. This text, in its current form, preserves the best parts of the European social model and recognises the specific nature of services of general interest. The colegislators have put an end to the lies and given Europe a chance of growth!"@en1
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