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"en.20071129.41.4-246"2
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"We voted against because it is unacceptable for the European Parliament to support the European Commission’s fundamental objectives on flexicurity. By accepting that workers and employers have an interest in flexibility, the text approves the essence of the European Commission Communication, which seeks deregulation of the labour market, liberalises the right to dismiss workers without just cause, devalues collective agreements and weakens the trade unions and workers’ struggles, although the text is critical of the Communication in some respects.
There are repeated references in the text to the need for ‘flexible labour markets’, ‘adaptable contractual arrangements’, and an ‘adaptable workforce.’ This leaves no room for doubt about this report’s real intention, the result of an agreement between the two main political groups in the European Parliament, the PPE and the PSE, which includes the Portuguese MEPs in the PS, PSD and the CDS/PP.
We regret that the proposals we made have been rejected, including our opposition to the inclusion of the principles of flexicurity in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy, the review of the Employment Guidelines for the period 2008-2010 and the National Reform Plans, and the use of Community funds to finance attacks on workers’ rights."@en1
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