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Lindqvist (ELDR). - (SV) Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, vores vigtigste opgave i offentlighedens øjne, tror jeg, er at klare beskæftigelsen i Europa. Derfor har mange, inklusive jeg selv og andre, store forventninger til Luxembourgmødet; det må egentlig ikke mislykkes.
Van Dijk (V). - (NL) Mr President, the agreement between the social partners on parttime work is, to be honest, even more dreadful than the original one which covered parental leave; what is more, die treatment of parttime workers is undermined by countless exceptions in this agreement, and the flexi-wprkers have simply been fobbed off.
Carlsson (PPE). - (SV) Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, ærede kolleger, jeg vil geme lykønske Hernandez Mollar med betænkningen og en meget god udtalelse.
Lindqvist (ELDR). - (SV) Mr President, Mr Commissioner, I believe our most important task in the eyes of the general public is to solve unemployment in Europe.
Frem for alt i beskæftigelsesdebatten synes politikere at stirre sig blinde på indsatser, der angriber symptomerne og ikke sygdommen.
Mrs Jöns uttered serious accusations in her report. It is no coincidence that the agreement was reached ten days before the Amsterdam Summit, and in doing so the social partners sacrificed the importance of parttime and flexiworkers to the preservation of their position of power in the new treaty.
Flere blandt os synes at ville regulere lidt til.
I am afraid that Mrs Jöns is right about that.
Jeg synes faktisk, at Jonsbetænkningen i visse formuleringer tyder på skræk for at lade noget være ureguleret.
Perhaps the fact that more than 80 % of parttime workers and most flexiworkers are women plays a part in this.
Der behøves et positivt virksomhedsklima.
We need a positive business climate.
Der behøves lavere skat på arbejde og højere skat på miljø- och naturressourcer, som flere har sagt.
We need reduced tax on employment and increased tax on environmental and natural resources, as many have said.
Det kræves, at der vokser nye virksomheder op, som kan drage nytte af det fremtidige kredsløbssamfund med ny miljøteknik m.m.
We need new companies to grow which can take advantage of the future recycling society with new environmental technology, etcetera.
Der behøves enklere og billigere tjenester.
We need simpler and cheaper services.
Det kræves, at vi støtter kvindelig foretagsomhed - og ikke bare med hensyn til jobs for kvinder.
We need to support female enterprise, and not just with regard to jobs for women.
Der behøves desuden mange lokale løsninger.
We also need lots of local solutions.
Vi må se den nye tid i møde med tiltro. Jeg tror, at medarbejdere og arbejdsgivere må have mere plads til individuelle overenskomster.
We are on the threshold of the summit on employment, which is in danger of becoming a disaster, although I understand that Mr Pronk continues to have faith in the socialist leaders.
Helt klart må arbejdsmarkederne desuden have mindre regulering.
This agreement, too, is a missed opportunity to stimulate parttime work, and thereby create new jobs.
Jeg tror ikke på nogen skatte- og finanspolitik.
I do not believe in any fiscal or financial policy.
Jeg tror heller ikke, at ØMU er nogen form for »sesam, luk dig op!«, som vil løse alle arbejdsløshedsproblemer inden for EU.
Nor do I believe that EMU is a kind of 'open sesame' which is going to solve all the unemployment problems in the EU.
Sådan foregår det ikke!
That is not how things work.
Men når der nu findes forslag om konvergenskriterier for budget og for inflationsmål, så må der også findes konvergenskriterier for beskæftigelse, for at balancere budget og inflationsmål. Derfor er det nødvendigt at indføre sådanne konvergenskriterier med samme standard, krav og niveau som for budget og inflation som et skridt mod at løse beskæftigelsesproblemerne.
But now that there are proposals for convergence criteria for budgets and for inflation targets, there must also be convergence criteria for employment in order to balance out the budget and inflation targets.
Indsatserne skal dog ske på nationalt niveau.
However, measures must be taken at the national level.
Men entrepenørskabet er nøgleordet.
That was a brave and appropriate conclusion.
Så skal vi ikke omlægge skatter, men derimod sænke skatter.
But unfortunately it had disappeared from the
Fra Jöns, jeg lykønsker Dem med betænkningen.
Because this is particularly important in this case.
Jeg er enig med den, med betragtningerne, med beslutningen.
We need to ensure that all our workers have equal protection in the social field and in terms of employment, pay and conditions.
Især støtter jeg den betragtning, at denne aftale bør bidrage til at fjerne kønsopdelingen af arbejdsmarkedet, og at den aldrig må berettige til nogen form for direkte eller indirekte kønsdiskrimination.
Hatzidakis (PPE). ­ (EL) Mr President, it is clear that there is no single answer to the difficult problem of unemployment.
den blandt kvinder er steget yderligere, ungdomsarbejdsløsheden ligger omkring 20 %, en afspænding er ikke i sigte.
Wom­en's unemployment has risen further, youth unemploy­ment is at 20 %, relaxation is not in sight.
Grundene til den høje arbejdsløshed er på den ene side den vedvarende dårlige konjunkturudvikling, men også de stivnede strukturer, som gør det stadig vanskeligere at manøvrere smidigt i den internationale konkurrence.
The reasons for the high unemployment lie firstly in the trend of business activity, which continues to be bad, but also in structures which have become rigid, and make it more and more difficult to act nimbly in international competition.
Da der eksisterer forskellige sociale og miljømæssige normer i de enkelte EU-medlemsstater, er der heller ikke nogen fair konkurrence inden for EU.
Fair competition within the EU is also made impossible be­cause of the existence of different social and environmen­tal standards in the individual Member States of the EU.
Konsekvensen er, at nettotilvæksten af arbejdspladser i 1996 alene skyldes deltidsarbejdspladser.
The consequence is that the net growth of jobs in 1996 is entirely due to part­time jobs.
Dette er en betænkelig udvikling, som ikke giver virkelige løsningsmuligheder, især ikke for socialt svage grupper, og frem for alt ikke for kvinder.
This is a disturbing devel­opment, which offers no real solutions, above all for socially weak groups, and above all for women.
Lave indkomster, dårlig social sikring og ringe opstigningsmuligheder er begyndelsen til social forarmelse. melse.
Low income, bad social security and low chances of improve­ment are the start of social impoverishment.
På den baggrund finder det sociale topmøde i Luxemboug om beskæftigelsesspørgsmål sted.
The special Luxembourg summit on employment ques­tions takes place against this background.
Et topmøde, som der knyttes store forventninger til, fordi Kommissionen har forkyndt det ambitiøse mål på 12 millioner arbejdspladser.
A summit which is linked with high expectations, because the Commission has announced the ambitious goal of 12 million jobs.
Det ligger i sagens natur, at de, der fremsætter store løfter, også mødes med store forventninger, og at man i sidste ende må imødese dyb skuffelse, hvis det ikke lykkes at nå disse mål.
The idea of fürther intervention by the European Invest­ment Bank is also a constructive one, but it seems to me that this intervention would not go far enough if we left it at that.
Van Dijk (V). - (NL) Hr. formand, overenskomsten mellem arbejdsmarkedets parter om deltidsarbejde er, ærlig talt, endnu værre end den første overenskomst om forældreorlov og behandlingen af deltidsarbejdere bliver i denne overenskomst undergravet af talløse undtagelser og fleksarbejderne er ganske enkelt sendt helt i skoven.
It is in the nature of things that much is expected of those who promise much, and there will be deep disappointment in the end if these goals are not achieved.
Hvordan er det muligt, at de europæiske fagforbund har kunnet gå med til dette.
I think that we must concentrate our efforts in two major areas: firstly the area of growth and secondly the area of the structural changes that are necessary with regard to employment.
Waddington (PSE). - (EN) Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne ønske Karin Jöns tillykke med hendes glimrende betænk ning og det grundige arbejde, hun har udført vedrørende deltidsarbejde.
Waddington (PSE). ­ Mr President, I wish to express my congratulations to Karin Jöns for the excellent report and thorough work she has undertaken on the issue of part­time work.
Dernæst vil jeg lykønske og takke kommissæren og arbejdsmarkedets parter, fordi det er lykkedes at gøre fremskridt efter mange års problemer; men takken og lykønskningerne er med visse forbehold.
Secondly, Γ wish to congratulate and thank the Commissioner and the social partners for making some progress after many years of difficulties; but it is a qualified thank you and qualified congratulations.
Kollega Jöns har i hendes betænkning fremsat en alvorlig beskyldning.
As regards growth, I think that we can all agree that this is a basic precondition for employment, but growth, in its turn, is conditional upon competitiveness, given the glo­balization of the economy.
Det er ikke tilfældigt, at overenskomsten blev indgået 10 dage før topmødet i Amsterdam og arbejdsmarkedets parter har dermed opofret deltids- og fleksarbejdernes interesser for at beholde deres magtposition i den nye traktat. Jeg er bange for at fra Jöns har ret.
Therefore, in this environment, I think that we must strengthen the framework of the free economy which, by so doing, will better lead us to our objective of competitiveness and, at the same time, we must promote entrepreneurship, as has already been men­tioned, especially the entrepreneurship of the young.
Måske spiller det også en rolle, at mere end 80 procent af deltidsarbejderne og de fleste fleksarbejdere er kvinder.
I would like to finish by focusing once again on structural changes, since a large part of unemployment in Europe is structural in nature.
Eller skal jeg sige: det er kun kvinder, mine herre fra fagforbundet.
For this reason we must: firsdy, promote flexible forms of employment;
Jeg vil geme konkret henvise til kvindernes stilling, idet de udgør mere end 80 % af de deltidsansatte arbejdstagere i Den Europæiske Union.
I want to refer specifically to the position of women, who make up over 80 % of part­time workers in the European Union.
I mange medlemsstater har de deltidsansatte ikke de samme rettigheder som fuldtidsansatte arbejdstagere.
In many Member States such part­time workers do not enjoy equal rights with full­time workers.
Dette afspejles i deres løn og pensionsrettigheder.
This is reflected in their pay and pension entitlements.
Fuldtidsansatte kvinder får for eksempel i gennemsnit 80 % af den løn, som fuldtidsansatte mænd får.
For exam­ple, women working full­time receive on average 80 % of men's full­time pay.
I Det Forenede Kongerige får deltidsansatte kvinder imidlertid i gennemsnit kun 58 % af den timeløn, som gives til fuldtidsansatte mænd.
However, in the United Kingdom women working part­time receive on average only 58 % of the average hourly earnings of men who work full­time.
Denne lønforskel mellem deltidsansatte kvinder og fuldtidsansatte mænd er ikke blevet mindre i de seneste 20 år.
This pay gap between women working part­time and men working full­time has not narrowed in the last 20 years.
Den lave aflønning af deltidsansatte kvinder afspejles i deres aktuelle socialforsikringsrettigheder.
The low pay of women part­time workers is reflected in their current social insurance entitlements.
Her er endnu et eksempel fra Det Forenede Kongerige: 2, 25 millioner kvindelige arbejdstagere - primært deltidsansatte - ude lukkes fra socialforsikringsordninger, fordi deres løn er for lille.
Again an exam­ple from the United Kingdom: 2.25 million women work­ers ­ mainly those working part­time ­ are excluded from social insurance schemes because their wages are too low.
Denne ulighed mellem deltidsansatte og fuldtidsansatte arbejdstagere bidrager i stigende grad til den hurtigst voksende gruppe af fattige i Europa, nemlig gruppen af ældre kvinder.
This inequality between part and full­time workers is • increasingly contributing to the fastest growing group of the poor in Europe.
For det er af største betydning i dette tilfælde.
That group is older women.
Waddington der kan hindre diskriminering af alle de arbejdstagere, der har atypiske beskæftigelsesforhold.
Now that we are debating it again, we can note that the situation has improved slightly. But, in spite of everything, we now have a new situation.
Uanset hvad andre folk måske tror, kommer der nogle geniale idéer fra Europa-Parlamentet.
Despite what other people may think, some brilliant ideas come from this Parliament.
Jeg ved, at der er en masse skidt, men der er også nogle glimrende idéer.
I know there is a lot of rubbish but there are some very good ideas.
Specielt i Hernandez Mollar's betænkning ses grundlaget for skabelse og ikke mindst bevarelse af beskæftigelse -man ser på, hvordan man bevarer job og skaber nye job.
In particular, in Mr Hernández Mollar's report one sees the basis for employ ment creation and, most importandy of all, employment retention - looking at ways of maintaining jobs as well as creating new ones.
Hvis jeg skulle fremsætte et ønske for det ekstraordinære møde for beskæftigelse, skulle det være, at kommissæren fremsætter tre forslag.
If I were to hope for anything from the Employment Summit it would be for the Commissioner to come forward with three suggestions.
Hvis Kommissionens forslag til retningslinjer for beskæftigelse for 1998 skal træde i kraft, så er det vigtigt, at Kommissionen udarbejder en form for lovgivning og præsenterer den for institutionerne, så den kan gennemføres.
I hope that this summit does not become one more in a series of summits between Heads of Government from which people emerge with a 'book of poetry' which is put on the shelf and taken out on ceremonial occasions.
Vi må sikre, at alle arbejdstagere nyder samme grad af beskyttelse på det sociale område samt med hensyn til beskæftigelse, løn og arbejdsvilkår.
We now need concrete objectives: concrete objectives with regard to youth unemployment, concrete objectives with regard to long-term unemployment and concrete objectives with regard to an active labour market policy.
Hatzidakis (PPE). - (EL) Hr. formand, der kan ikke gives en enkel løsning på det vanskelige arbejdsløshedsproblem.
We also need a major effort in the area of training measures and a proper effort in the area of small and mediumsized businesses.
For det første så jeg geme turismen anerkendt som et vækstområde for beskæftigelse.
Firstly, that tourism as an employment growth area be recognized.
For det andet mener jeg, at de små og mellemstore virksomheder, som mange af mine kolleger har talt om, skal have den fornødne frihed til at drive virksomhed og skabe nye job og ny økonomisk vækst i hele Den Europæiske Union. For det tredje bør man forkaste tidligere tiders forkerte beslutninger fra Rådet, Kommissionen og Europa-Parlamentet.
Secondly, that the small and mediumsized enterprise sector, which has been spoken about by other colleagues, be given freedom to operate and create new jobs and new economic growth within the whole Euro pean Union.
Specielt i spørgsmålet om ophævelse af det toldfrie salg, der vil koste os mere end 400.000 job.
In particular, the question of the abolition of dutyfree in 1999, which will cost us over 400, 000 jobs.
Det er praktiske foranstaltninger, der kan medvirke til at skaffe ny beskæftigelse og bevare beskæftigelse.
Those are practical measures which can assist employ ment growth and retention.
Vi bør efter min mening koncentrere os om yderligere to sektorer: øget udvikling og de nødvendige strukturelle ændringer for at styrke beskæftigelsen.
We now have that situation in Europe, so we should now have an opportunity for long-term growth in employment.
Theonas (GUE/NGL). - (EL) Hr. formand, jeg vil først takke vores kollega, fra Jöns, for hendes betænkning, der meget præcist formulerer de direkte og indirekte problemer, som skabes af den aftale, som de europæiske arbejdsgiver- og arbejdstagerorganisationer har indgået, og som desværre er et stort tilbageskridt i forhold til de regler, der er udarbejdet af Den Internationale Arbejdsorganisation eller i forvejen anvendes af nogle medlemsstater.
Theonas (GUE/NGL). - (EL) Mr President, first of all I would like to express my congratulations to Mrs Karin Jöns for her report, which quite accurately exposes the problems caused directly or indirectly by the Agreement that was signed by the bodies of the European organizations of employers and employees and which, unfortunately, lags far behind the settlements which have been elaborated by the International Work Organization or which are already being implemented in certain Member States.
Jeg vil gerne afslutningsvis koncentrere mig om de strukturelle ændringer, for en stor del af arbejdsløsheden i Europa er af strukturel art. I denne forbindelse bør vi:
If we look at the countries in Europe which have the highest levels of employment, they do not have the most deregulated labour markets.
- for det første fremme de fleksible beskæftigelsesfor mer,
We shall try to influence them prior to the employment summit.
Foran os, hr. formand, har vi to sider af samme problem, der påvirker arbejdstagernes leve- og arbejdsvilkår ganske voldsomt.
Mr President, we are faced with two sides of the same problem, with enormous implications for the living and working conditions of working people.
På den ene side et stort forsøg på at generalisere deltidsbeskæftigelse og hele viften af atypiske beskæfti gelsesformer, hvor Unionens generelle retningslinjer for den sociale og økonomiske politik må bære hovedansvaret.
On the one hand, an entire operation to make parttime employment com mon practice, a whole range of atypical forms of employ ment, the major responsibility for which lies in the general orientation of the economic and social policy of the European Union.
På den anden side en provokerende undergravelse af rettighederne for de deltidsbeskæftigede og alle i atypiske beskæftigelsesformer, som overlader millioner af arbejdstagere til arbejdsgivernes bedste gennem voldsomme løn fald og begrænsninger i ferierettigheder, tillæg, arbejdstider og social sikring.
On the other hand, the provocative downgrading of those rights concerning not only the parttime employed, but also all atypical forms of work, which are placing millions of workers at the mercy of their employer, with dramatic reductions in wages, in holiday entitlements, in benefits, in hours of work and in social security.
Det er altså arbejdstagerne, der gennem denne lodret uretfærdige behandling og generalisering af fattigdommen skal betale for at øge den europæi ske storkapitals konkurrencedygtighed.
Working people are being called upon, through this virulent and unjust treatment and through the widespread increase in poverty, to shoulder the burden of strengthening the competitiveness of European capital.
— for det andet lægge større vægt på brancheaftaler og lokale beskæftigelsesaftaler, for det tredje sænke arbejdsomkostningerne, og
IN THE CHAIR: MR GUTIÉRREZ DÍAZ Vice-President
Jeg vil gerne til sidst takke min gode og kære kollega og ven, hr. Hernández Mollar, for hans glimrende betænk ning.
President. - Mrs Lulling wishes to speak on a point of order.
Det er åbenlyst, at de europæiske faglige organisationer, der har undertegnet denne aftale, har et enormt ansvar, som de kommer til at stå til regnskab for over for arbejdstagerne.
It would appear that the European trades unions that have signed this agreement have assumed enormous responsibilities towards working people.
I stedet for at beskytte arbejdstagerne støtter aftalen i praksis arbejdsgivernes manglende ansvar og giver på intet punkt de deltidsbeskæftigede nogle rettigheder.
On the contrary, in fact this agreement promotes employer immunity and in no case does it cover the rights of working people in parttime employment.
Det står ligeledes klart, at Den Europæiske Union mildt sagt ikke fritages for sit eget store ansvar ved at stille sig bag en retsakt, der undergraver i stedet for at fremme arbejdstagernes rettigheder med hensyn til ar bejde, løn og social sikring.
It is also clear that the European Union has not freed itself of its own enormous responsibilities by promoting a legal basis which downgrades rather than promotes the labour, wage and security rights
Jeg har ved to tidligere lejligheder taget beskæftigelsessituationen op.
I am asking the House to continue with the debate regardless.
Når vi nu igen diskuterer dette, så kan vi konstatere, at situationen ikke er blevet det mindste bedre.
It should soon be finished and you do not interrupt such an important debate for questions, whose importance I contest...
I denne situation har vi en ny traktat med et delvist nyt indhold.
The benefits of dutyfree sales, on ferries for example, help them to operate to a certain degree.
Vi har desuden et beskæftigelsestopmøde, som skal finde sted i denne uge.
With the help of European Union structural fund investment in tourism projects in recent years, it has been possible to record significant advances in the tourism sector.
fastsættes efter forslag fra gruppeformændene, når møde perioden begynder, og vi bør respektere, hvad vi selv har godkendt, og i dagsordenen, fru Lulling, er det godkendt, at i dag kl. 17.30 begynder spørgetiden til Kommissionen.
President - Mrs Lulling, I respect your opinion, but I must remind you that the agenda is set at the start of the session by the chairmen of the political groups, and we should respect what we have ourselves approved. In the agenda, Mrs Lulling, it was approved that Question Time to the Commission should start at 5.30 p.m. today.
Derudover er der - fra Lulling - endvidere indgået aftale med kommissærerne om, at de vil være til stede her præcist på de fastsatte tidspunkter.
Besides which, Mrs Lulling, there is also an agreement with the members of the Commission that they should attend here at stricdy specified times.'
Dette er et spørgsmål, som De under alle omstændigheder bør drøfte med Deres respektive gruppeformænd, hvis De ønsker at ændre systemet. Men principielt, mine damer og herrer, må jeg som ansvarlig for forsædet på dette tidspunkt sørge for, at den allerede godkendte dagsorden overholdes.
In any case, this is a question which you should refer to the chairmen of your respective groups, to see if they think the system should be changed.
Og i dagsordenen står der, at i dag kl. 17.30, og det er det, vi er ved nu med 5 minutters forsinkelse - jeg beklager, fra Lulling -begynder spørgetiden til Kommissionen.
And the agenda states that Question Time to the Commission should start at precisely 5.30 p.m. today, so that is what we are now doing I am afraid, Mrs Lulling - and five minutes late.
Jeg håber, dette møde ikke bliver endnu et i rækken af møder mellem regeringscheferne, som man kommer ud fra med en »poesibog«, som man sætter på hylden, og som man tager frem ved højtidelige lejligheder.
Why does the Commission, continue to disregard the calls from MEPs, Member State governments and the tourist industry and refuse to bring forward proposals to extend dutyfree for a further ten years or until all indirect taxes have been harmonized?
Formanden. - Næste punkt på dagsordenen er spørgetid til Kommissionen (B4-0901/97).
President. - The next item is questions to the Commission (B4-0901/97).
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Spørgsmål nr. 24 af Gerard Collins (H-0823/97):
Question No 24 by Gerard.Collins (H-0823/97) Subject: Air and ferry links to peripheral regions