European Parliament
Emilie Turunen  (Verts/ALE ). -
In the context of the Services Directive, economic freedoms and the protection of workers’ rights, Commission President Barroso stated in this House on 15 September 2009: ‘The interpretation and the implementation of the Posted Workers Directive falls short... That is why I am committed to proposing, as soon as possible, a regulation to resolve the problems that have arisen. This regulation will be codecided by the European Parliament and the Council.’
It is now 2012. The instrument in question was scheduled for publication before Christmas. It was then scheduled for last week and then it was deferred again, and now we do not know what is happening at all with this suggestion. My question is: when will the Commission finally deliver, after more than two years of framing its proposals on economic freedoms? And when, Commissioner, will you deliver on protecting workers’ rights and securing the right to strike?
Secondly, there is a rumour that the ‘Monti II’ regulation is not to be codecided, but is to be subject to consent procedure only. How does that correspond to the promise Mr Barroso gave in 2009?

