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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Company restructuring in Europe2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000217.5.4-130"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-17-Speech-4-1312
lpv:speaker	lp:Fiorella Ghilardotti2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (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 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2000-03-07)3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, as the Group of the Party of European Socialists, we have tabled a compromise resolution together with the other groups of the left, the Greens and the GUE as we wanted to highlight and condemn the more striking, negative aspects of the behaviour of the companies discussed in the resolution, ABB-Alsthom and Goodyear Dunlop. The Goodyear case is not localised and limited to the industry in question: it concerns a thousand families who have lost their jobs overnight, and are left without income or prospects for the future. The cases we are discussing today, like many others we have discussed here – and I fear they will not be the last – as you, Commissioner, reminded us, provide us with the opportunity to discuss the imperative need to supplement European legislation. An example is the directive on the information and consultation of workers which you mentioned, that has been awaiting a solution for years and upon which the European Parliament gave its opinion very clearly in April last year. I am also referring to the importance of reinforcing European legislation across the board by revising existing directives. I believe that the European Union and the Commission must ask the Council and the Member States to consider the procedures for implementing these directives in the different States as well. Italy is no exception – it is not one of the most advanced states when it comes to implementing directives – but there are many countries where the directives, which, in any case, only lay down minimum rights, are hardly implemented at all. This makes it possible for companies to relocate, even within the European Union, from one country to another where directives are less strictly applied, companies have greater benefits and workers are less well protected. And the result of this is social dumping. Therefore, we must keep tabs on the application of these directives and reinforce European coordination. All this confirms our conviction that something like sanctions, which we reiterated were very important when we gave our opinion on the information and consultation directive last year, can on no account be abandoned. Otherwise, I believe that the cases we are discussing today will multiply constantly, and that, one day, the European Union will have no control over them, particularly with regard to competition and change-inducing technologies, and this will contribute to higher unemployment and weaken social cohesion."@en1

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