Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-24-Speech-1-183-000"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Traian Ungureanu2
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lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the free movement of workers is a very sensitive problem indeed. Ultimately, it is going to shape the economic and social future of the European Union. As rapporteur, I have to stress that we face a situation that is politically untenable and economically irrational. The free movement of workers cannot be accidental. It is a right that all the Member States have agreed upon. Yet we are witnessing a situation in which Member States are deciding to introduce or to re-introduce restrictions and are even suggesting that they could introduce more later on. This is pure politics: national and electoral politics. The economics tell a very different story. For years, official figures – some of them from the Commission – proved that east European migrant workers did generate unemployment and did not put under stress the welfare systems in their countries of destination. On the contrary, this European influx brought economic growth, which is generally accepted and evaluated at around 1% of GDP. The idea of more Europe has been fashionable lately. Should we mean by this more Europe for fewer Europeans? Because we do have a single market for capital and goods, but we do not have a single market for labour. What does this mean? This means that western companies can operate in the east, sometimes successfully, sometimes generating thousands of unemployed, while east European workers cannot seek a job in the west. And this is not all. The same countries that restrict east European workers, Romanians and Bulgarians in this case, are happy to hunt for the best of the best in eastern Europe: medical doctors, engineers, IT specialists. This should be stopped. It is economically, politically and morally wrong. People will seek jobs as it is their right to do so. We have granted them this right. That is what my report supports. That is what the committee supported in its vote, and this is what I hope this House will support tomorrow."@en1
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