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Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081217.16.3-255"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-17-Speech-3-9762
lpv:speaker	lp:Toomas Savi2
lpv:spoken text	"− I very much resent the idea that people’s freedom to work would be restricted to a 48 hour working week. Neither the European Union nor a Member State should set limits on anyone who is willing to work extra hours or hold several part-time positions and they should assume that the employer has not coerced the employee to do so. Therefore, I voted against the progressive abolition of the right of workers to opt out from the maximum 48 hour working week. By doing so, we would deny people their right to fulfil their potential and contradict the Lisbon strategy. We are not improving Europe’s competitiveness by trying to introduce legislation that reduces the flexibility of our labour force. The European Union will become an innovative and learning economy that can overcome the low productivity and stagnation of economic growth not by setting boundaries but by promoting the liberalisation of the labour market."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Eesti Reformierakond (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Toomas Savi (ALDE ),"1 "in writing."1

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