In Tony Blair's speech to the European Parliament on 23 June he committed the UK Presidency to try to "resolve some of the hard dossiers," of which the Services Directive was one. However, agreement was not achieved during its presidency. Parliamentary amendments to the original version From 14 to 16 February 2006 a plenary session of the European Parliament carried out its first reading of the Directive in Strasbourg. On 16 February 2006 MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) voted 391–213 in favour of a proposed revision to the Directive, although it had already been "watered down" from the original version read to the European Parliament on 14 February, so much so that Socialist MEP Evelyne Gebhardt said that the Directive had been "turned upside down," a claim contested by labour organisations. The majority of members of the two largest groupings in the Parliament, the conservative European People's Party (EPP) and the centre-left Party of European Socialists (PES) voted in favour of the revised draft. The Party of the European Left, the European Green Party and the French Socialist Party voted against the new revision. Meanwhile, about 50,000 people demonstrated against the "country of origin principle" in Strasbourg. Suggested inclusions The proposed Directive would have covered: Services of "general public interest" (public services), including, but not limited to, water, sewage and waste management. Services provided to businesses, such as management consultancy, certification and testing, facilities management and advertising, Services provided both to businesses and to consumers, such as real estate agencies, construction services, architects, distribution services, car rental and travel agencies. Consumer leisure services such as tourism, sports centres and amusement parks. Suggested exclusions The following, however, would have been excluded: Broadcasting, Gambling Temporary employment agencies, Legal and social services, Postal and Audiovisual services, Public health care (but not private health care), Public transport The controversial "country of origin" principle was explicitly left out, but there was no "country of destination" principle to replace it. The European Court of Justice would therefore be charged with deciding, through its jurisprudence, which country's labour laws would apply in each case. Comments on the amended draft Proponents of liberalisation Business groups stated that the new Directive would limit the benefits that the early version of the Directive would have provided. The European Commission estimated that this proposed version of the Directive would have created an additional 600,000 jobs in the EU, would have