Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-12-14-Speech-3-518-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of movement for workers within the European Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111214.32.3-518-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-12-14-Speech-3-519-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Cătălin Sorin Ivan2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2011-03-04--2014-06-30)3 member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2012-05-22)3 unknown; Partidul Social Democrat (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2011-01-27--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I would like to begin by welcoming the presence of Commissioner Andor at the plenary, at such a late hour this evening. When we talk about free access for Romanian and Bulgarian workers to the labour market, we have no more than two very definite scenarios. One is where Member States have accepted workers from Romania and Bulgaria and have recorded economic growth. Italy and Spain are cases in point, with a growth rate of roughly 2%. The Spanish authorities have been expressing their gratitude for several years now to workers from Romania and Bulgaria because, thanks to the latter, they have managed to pay more than 250 000 pensions each year. Then there are other states which oppose Romanian and Bulgarian workers having access to the labour market even today. They are experiencing huge economic problems, very large imbalances on their labour market and are hiding behind excuses which we do no understand very clearly and are not explained very well. In fact, these excuses, more often than not, are at odds with the real situation in their respective countries. This is why I say that it is of paramount importance for us to ask these Member States, if they are going to continue to oppose Romanians and Bulgarians having access to the labour market in their countries, to present clear-cut arguments that are quantifiable and transparent, so that we can all understand why the situation in some Member States differs from that in the other European Union Member States. I believe that European legislation must be applied equally by all Member States. We have encountered, on very many occasions, governments which, when in delicate political situations, have imposed these conditions and restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian workers for electoral reasons, to show that they are fighting for the workers in their country and that this is how they protect their own citizens. I believe that this is wrong. In my view, our common project of building the European Union should be the priority, and that election time and winning elections, which are transient events, should only be of secondary importance."@en1
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