Ligeledes er der fortsat stor ulighed i indkomstfordelingen, en ulighed, der ydermere vokser, og arbejdstagerne, pensionisterne, brugerne og forbrugerne mister rettigheder, som er under pres fra de foreslåede direktiver om arbejdstidens organisering og oprettelse af et indre marked for tjenesteydelser.
As we stated in the speech in plenary, the restrictive proposals in the scope of the Social Agenda fall well short of what is required, if we are to create more than 22 million new jobs with rights, thereby meeting the targets set in the Lisbon Strategy, and to promote the social inclusion of the 70 million people living below the poverty line.