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"Mr President, I believe that the Commission first published a guidance document on the implementation of the Posting of Workers Directive back in 2006, and at the time the Socialist Group – in response – led a call in Parliament for a toughening up of the Directive. The Commission did not feel this was necessary then and clearly does not feel it is necessary now, and for the record I agree with it.
The problem lies, as the Commission has so clearly defined, in weaknesses in national implementation, in insufficient cooperation between Member States and in poor supply of information. Toughening up EU legislation would not address these weaknesses. In fact it would make them even more difficult to address.
Finally, I would observe that the Commissioner confirms full commitment to protect workers’ rights and to fight against social dumping. We should all agree with that on all sides of the House, but we should also agree that there is another right to be protected: the right of all workers to be mobile, to be posted and to provide services across borders.
The rights of social protection must go hand in hand with the right to provide services, and there need be no contradiction. It is, of course, a major challenge to get the right balance. However, the challenge is for Member States to resolve, not by the EU proposing tougher laws. I suggest that the Commissioner has pointed the way and invite him to agree with me that our role as MEPs should be to get each of our own countries to follow."@en1
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