Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-09-Speech-3-136"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-07-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080709.27.3-136"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-07-09-Speech-3-1372
lpv:speaker	lp:Frank Vanhecke2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2007-11-14--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I abstained in the vote on the Bozkurt report, although in principle I have no objection to a limited form of coordination by the EU Member States of their various social security systems, certainly not if that works to the advantage of European citizens living in a Member State other than their own. However, I would once again warn against harmonisation, or worse still, uniformity in the different social security systems in the various Member States. As a Fleming I am, in a manner of speaking, a privileged observer of how a unitary system of social security in Belgium for just two population groups, Flemings and Walloons, is totally unworkable and leads to enormous abuses. For goodness' sake let each Member State organise and finance its own social security itself, otherwise one way or another you end up with an abuse-ridden system which is worse, more expensive and less efficient, and ultimately that creates less, not more solidarity amongst the peoples of Europe."@en1

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