Behind the veneer of simplification, the 28th regime paves the way for social rights to be pitted against one another in Europe. We refuse to allow companies to shop around among national laws to select those that offer the least protection to workers. Wages, collective agreements, trade union rights, worker representation: these rights are neither obstacles to be circumvented nor adjustable variables serving the interests of capital. They are the result of decades of social and trade union struggles. We do not want a Europe that organises social dumping and pits peoples against one another. That is the Europe of social deprivation and the rise of the far right! On the contrary, we want a Europe of social progress and peace, which protects, harmonises rights upwards and guarantees decent working conditions everywhere. Together with the CGT and the European trade unions, I was in Strasbourg to make a clear demand: our social rights are not for sale! European progress cannot be built at the expense of workers. No to the 28th regime, yes to a Europe of social justice and solidarity!