Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-13-Speech-2-332"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ratification of the ILO's 2006 Consolidated Maritime Labour Convention (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070313.24.2-332"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-13-Speech-2-3342
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Mikko2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CULT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Maritime fields of activity provide work for 5 million people in the European Union. The Baltic Sea is our inland sea, the Mediterranean and Black Seas hold a central position in our foreign policy, and the Northern Dimension expands our area of responsibility to Arctic waters. It is time we began to see the European Union also as a union of maritime states, and took a corresponding position in the world. My homeland, Estonia, has been a maritime country for centuries. Ernest Hemingway noted that one could find an Estonian in every port in the world. In the last ten years, however, we have lost 57% of jobs in shipping. Cargo ships have begun to operate under flags of convenience, and the people employed on them come from third countries that are willing to accept poorer working conditions. In total, there is a shortage of 17 000 people in European maritime transport. This is mainly due to the poor working conditions that prevail in this area. We cannot permit the elimination of maritime-related jobs, especially when that leads to a reduction in the standards of maritime labour. We cannot withdraw from a strategic sector that guarantees 90% of the world’s shipping and 40% of shipping within the European Union. The ratification of standards for maritime work by our Member States would be a great step forward towards making those standards more universally accepted. By helping to create fair competition in the global shipping business, we would essentially also be achieving the objectives of the Lisbon process by raising the European Union’s competitiveness on the seas. Competitive advantage that has been obtained at the expense of human life and health cannot be justified by any economic considerations. Standards that are dangerous to seamen and nature have no place in the 21st century."@en1

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