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"Mr President, I too was surprised by my colleague Mr Donnelly’s attack on my colleague Mr Van Velzen. Mr Donnelly appears still to abide by the old Marxist principle that the Socialist Party is always right and anyone who disagrees with this is wrong. But I did not want to talk about that today, Mr President, I wanted to speak, as co-ordinator of the Committee on Employment, about the hearing with Mrs Diamantopoulou.
The answers provided by this Commissioner-designate were, in principle, satisfactory. It is clear that not everyone was in agreement with all her answers, but everyone on the Committee on Employment feels that the answers she gave provide a sound basis for future co-operation. The same goes for the vast majority of the European People’s Party. This Commissioner is not one of those against whom the PPE rightly raised objections.
Nevertheless, a few comments need to be made here. The Commissioner-designate was not prepared to accept more intensive co-operation with the European Parliament as regards the Employment Pact and its further development. I refer now to the celebrated Cologne Summit. There is every risk of the successful Luxembourg process that we now have being swept under the carpet by the unsuccessful Cologne episode without parliamentary contribution. That is why the Commission must continue to involve Parliament in the process. Another critical point, which our British colleagues were particularly concerned to raise, is that concerning deregulation. The Commission should also pursue this issue, insofar as it can create employment. The position of non-governmental organisations in the social sector still has not been determined. A legal basis must be created as soon as possible which will enable organisations for the disabled, the elderly, children and families in particular, to create a real civil society at European level. The social dialogue is very important. Europe can count itself as lucky that the social dialogue has achieved so much. But the social dialogue, Mr Prodi, must never be a reason for the Commission and Parliament to renounce their political responsibilities. As long as Parliament’s role in judging the outcome of the social dialogue remains undetermined, there is a need for an interim solution.
To conclude, Mr President, I very much appreciate the fact that the Commissioner went into great detail during the hearing about my report, the aim of which is to bring about a kind of Luxembourg process in relation to security for the citizens of the Member States."@en1
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