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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Informing and consulting workers2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991115.7.1-092"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-15-Speech-1-0932
lpv:speaker	lp:Francis Wurtz2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti communiste français (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Presidents (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 chair; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, during our debate on 27 October on the Michelin affair, I reminded all those present that Parliament had amended the directive on informing and consulting workers and that we were still waiting for the Commission to adopt these amendments. The two main amendments – I shall remind you of them – covered two points: firstly, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs wanted the directive to apply to companies with twenty or more employees, and Parliament to companies of fifty employees or more, whereas the Commission is proposing the figure of one hundred or more, if I am not mistaken. On the other hand, the second major amendment stated that any withholding of information from the employees’ representatives by a company’s management should be penalised, and not only the withholding of information that the management considers important (far too vague an idea). What does the Commission have to say today about these two points? Nothing new, and we will get back to that in the year 2000. Frankly, Commissioner, I do not think that we can do things this way. This wait-and-see policy is completely turning its back on the way society is waiting for an answer. We should not only listen to the message that was sent to us in the last elections, and adopt these two amendments, but I have also put forward additional proposals which strike me as being crucial today. I proposed the introduction of a waiting period of six months for any restructuring plan in order to allow an independent trade union review to take place, and I also proposed that if the company had received public subsidies but is not complying with the rules which have been laid down, it should pay back the subsidies it had received. I think that, now, you should present an amended draft directive, incorporating these further measures, this waiting period, and use your role to put pressure on the Council rather than falling in line as a measure of precaution with the lowest common denominator in our respective governments. I also expect, Commissioner, that Mr Prodi will include these references too in the programme that he will be presenting to us."@en1

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