Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-22-Speech-2-427"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of the posting of workers directive following the judgments of the Court of Justice (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080422.53.2-427"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-22-Speech-2-4282
lpv:speaker	lp:Pierre Jonckheer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Ecologistes Confédérés pour l'Organisation de Luttes Originales (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2007-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I share the opinion of my colleagues Mrs Van Lancker and Mr Wurtz for the most part. Ultimately the question is how many more poor workers do we want there to be in the European Union? That is the fundamental question. Without repeating the Court rulings, I see that we have reached a point where the Posting of Workers Directive is being used against national or regional provisions that are designed to ensure a ‘level playing field’ for all workers, to guarantee a minimum wage for all workers. We have therefore reached a situation in which this directive undermines the territoriality of the right to work. We can guarantee the mobility of workers, while ensuring the territoriality of the right to work, and that is what is under discussion. Leaving the Posting of Workers Directive behind for a second, I would like to draw your attention to another related subject, to the complaint that the company TNT has filed with the Commission following a judgment by an administrative tribunal in Berlin, claiming that the German government, by imposing a minimum wage in the postal sector, has failed to take into account the economic impact of the minimum wage – we are talking about a minimum wage of EUR 9.80 an hour – on its competitors. We find ourselves in a situation where the minimum wage, which is a national competence, in reality is discouraging competition. This is TNT’s interpretation. The Commission is currently examining this petition. If you or your colleagues and the College, find in TNT’s favour in this case, I believe, Mr Špidla, that you will lose all credibility, in this and in other cases, and that it will take more than a recommendation from the Commission on the best information and administrative cooperation between Member States to truly guarantee the dignity of workers in the European Union."@en1

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