Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-11-25-Speech-3-420"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-11-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The ratification and implementation of the updated ILO conventions (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091125.26.3-420"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-11-25-Speech-3-4212
lpv:speaker	lp:Sylvana Rapti2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, one of the most important attributes of the European Union is the importance that it ascribes to social policy and fundamental rights. We know full well that the application of these rights is a prerequisite to becoming a Member State of the European Union. We also know that these rights, when they are infringed, create an obligation on the part of the European Union to impose sanctions. The rights established alongside the creation and operation of the Union also extend to the workplace. The importance which the Union ascribes to defending labour rights is not only demonstrated when it produces internal legislation, but it is also demonstrated in its foreign policy. We know full well that, when it comes to concluding agreements with third countries, one of the preconditions laid down is that basic labour rights be respected. That is why the Union could not but be one of the first to support the necessary systematic update of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions. The ILO recently updated its conventions following negotiations with workers, employers and governments. While the governments of the Member States and the Union are among those who participated in the update in question, we face a paradox. The paradox is that, although many Member States of the European Union have adopted unifying directives imposing more advanced labour rights than those in the ILO conventions, they underestimate the importance of the formal question of ratification of these conventions at national level. As the image that this gives third countries, especially developing countries, is distorted, it would be reasonable for us to change our attitude and for those Member States which have not done so to proceed with the necessary ratifications. Be that as it may, the European Commission should not hesitate to be more proactive in asking the Member States to honour such obligations, so as to increase the credibility of the Union by promoting dignified working conditions, especially in the present financial crisis."@en1
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