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dcterms:Date	"2012-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Single Market Act II - Concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the Single Market (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20121025.11.4-042-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-10-25-Speech-4-043-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Marc Tarabella2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2010-07-07--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Parti Socialiste (2009-07-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the single market is one of the pillars that supports the edifice of Europe, and as you said, Commissioner, we are accountable for how it works. The Single Market Act is an excellent initiative in this regard and we should all welcome it. We should indeed be working together to boost the single market and improve the way it operates. Commissioner, you have drafted an excellent proposal for a directive on the modernisation of public procurement and, as you have said, we in Parliament are trying to improve it. We are indeed moving forward in a constructive manner towards greater efficiency in public spending which, as you have often said, accounts for 19 % of the EU’s gross domestic product. We are trying to achieve greater efficiency in terms of sustainable development, jobs, innovation, social inclusion and compliance with the rules, but also environmental protection. This is fundamentally important because it is the single market and some of the abuses that have happened – perhaps because we have overlooked social harmonisation too much – have caused our citizens to experience frustration and doubt owing to the competition between Member States, the pitting of citizens and especially workers against one another instead of being united in a Europe that is more prosperous for everyone. I just want to mention two examples that concern us in the directive. One is stopping uncontrolled subcontracting, where public money is lost at every step along the chain, in long chains of subcontractors. We simply want to regulate it, make it more transparent. Subcontracting is a good thing because it obviously helps SMEs to participate more in public procurement contracts, which is something we all want and something there is probably too little of at the moment. What concerns us is compliance with the rules. It is not easy to achieve compliance with the International Labour Organisation Convention of 1994 because only 10 Member States have ratified it. Compliance with existing national rules is equally important. Consequently, would you join with me, Commissioner, in fighting for greater compliance with the rules, which will improve the single market and make it more harmonious, to the benefit of all European citizens?"@en1
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