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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Internal market scoreboard (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120521.14.1-039-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-21-Speech-1-040-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Inês Cristina Zuber2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2012-03-05--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2012-03-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2012-03-12--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (2012-01-18--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; EUL/NGL (2012-01-18--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, this report makes very interesting comments. For example, it says that the success of the internal market is a key driver of increased competitiveness and growth, and one of the best means of resolving the economic crisis. These may be interesting comments, but they are solely and exclusively in the interests of big business and the financial sector. These comments certainly did not take into account the economic and social development of the outlying countries and their peoples. That is because it is those countries that are, in this time of crisis, experiencing the greatest difficulties resulting from their economic weakening, to which – surprise, surprise – the construction of the internal market has contributed greatly. For the more economically vulnerable countries, the internal market – otherwise known as policies that liberalise, privatise and deregulate the economy – has meant that their productive capacity has been destroyed, their exports have declined, and their imports in sectors like energy and food have risen, leaving them extremely dependent on foreign countries. What have the consequences of the internal market been for countries like mine, Portugal? Increasing numbers of companies going out of business, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises; the destruction of thousands of jobs; increased levels of poverty, exclusion and inequality; the loss of workers’ rights and the spread of precarious labour relations; the privatisation of the energy and transport sectors, of the postal service, and of banking and insurance; and the liberalisation of essential public services. The truth is that, from the point of view of the internal market, people are not free to have social rights and a dignified life. From the point of view of the internal market and its advocates, there is only the free movement of goods and capital. The workers in the various countries of Europe have been fighting bravely for their freedoms, and their social and economic rights, and have been demanding a change of course away from the current policies."@en1
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