Text tabled : A6-0409/2005

  Marielle De Sarnez (ALDE). – (FR) It was a new directive in favour of which our Parliament just voted this morning. Its scope has been narrowed, the country of origin principle has finally been deleted and labour law has been kept: we have transformed the spirit and the letter of the draft submitted to us, and I am pleased at this outcome.

The only European institution able to bring about this deep and inspired change is our Parliament. This is undoubtedly because we listened to our fellow citizens and to their anxieties and fears; and it is undoubtedly because we endeavour above all to champion a European model of common values and because we will always prefer upwards harmonisation to downwards dumping. We have done some good work, and the Commission and the Council will really have at last to take account of the strong political signal that we are sending today and that expresses our desire to complete the internal market, while preserving our social model. For our part, we will make sure that they do so.