Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-16-Speech-2-169"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech²
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-16"^^xsd:date²
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote²
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language²
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081216.29.2-169"²
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-16-Speech-2-170²
lpv:speaker	lp:Hélène Goudin and Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM )²
lpv:translated text	"− We voted against the report on amending the conditions of employment of assistants to MEPs. We have absolutely nothing against ensuring that assistants in the European Parliament have reasonable salaries and working conditions. However, we have no more desire to transfer MEPs’ assistants to the ’EU tax haven’ than we had to transfer MEPs to a pay system within the EU with a favourable EU tax. Both MEPs and their assistants must be rooted in the realities of their own country. Pay and benefits must be linked to the conditions in their Member States or, in the case of the assistants, to the conditions in the place where they live and work. Neither MEPs nor their assistants should be isolated in an ‘EU bubble’ with high salaries and attractive benefits way above the reality experienced by the citizens they are supposed to represent. We therefore voted against this proposal for an EU statute for assistants. For us, it is a matter of principle that has nothing to do with the financial conditions for assistants as such."@en¹

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