Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-06-08-Speech-3-329-000"
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"Globalisation is, in fact, only serving to pit the workers of all countries against each other in unfair competition, whether through relocations, the immigration of job–seekers or the infamous General Agreement on Trade in Services Mode 4. The problem is that the European Union produces lots of fine talk on the subject but never puts it into practice. When have we ever taken practical and specific action as a consequence of coming across situations of intolerable exploitation? When have such situations ever prevented the signing of trade agreements with a country? Never. Because while you pretend to be concerned about foreign workers, European workers are being excluded from the picture. As the rapporteur – who subscribes to this – points out, ‘labour standards should not be used for protectionist trade purposes’ according to the international bodies! So then, what principles, what values, what considerations could ever challenge the absolute power of the market? You talk a lot about the social responsibility of companies who, after all, are only playing by the rules that you have put in place. When will the issue of the very heavy social responsibility of the EU’s political deciders finally be addressed here?"@en1
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