Speech to Employment committee Brussels Sept 9th 2008 Debate: Conditions of entry and residence of Third Country Nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment.
Speech to Employment Committee Brussels 9th Sept 2008 Debate: Sanctions against employers of Illegally Staying Third Country Nationals.
Speech to Parliament 20th May 2008 Debate: Guidelines for Employment Policies Well, if the Lisbon Strategy is beginning to work why has part-time work risen from 16% to 18% over the last few years? Why has the share of people with involuntary Fixed term Contracts, with no security, reached over 6.5%? The rapporteur admits that EU unemployment was 8.9% in 2005, due to fall to 7.1% this year, but will it?