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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, for the second time within the space of four months, we find ourselves debating the restructuring of companies in Europe. This is – as it was the first time round – sparked off by the reorganisation of large companies, which is linked to a drop in employment.
I would like to make it quite clear that the Liberal Group is against any political interference in companies, in terms of both finance and management. Our task is to draft legislation and to monitor to ensure that it is observed. It appears that Goodyear in Italy received Italian and European subsidies to the tune of approximately EUR 40 million. The company went under despite this. This goes to show that jobs cannot be bought. The market is a law unto itself.
As such, state aid costs the government twice: first in subsidies and then in unemployment benefit. Surely this cannot be the role of your, my and the citizens’ tax money? All this, of course, does not mean that our Group does not share the concern of the Italian Members regarding the effects of the closure on the region concerned.
My Group is also opposed in principle to the naming of specific companies in this resolution, for two reasons: firstly because this creates selective responsibility. A company is pilloried one day and not the next. Why should this be the case? Michelin caused a great stir. But I did not hear a squeak when Nissan and IBM were discussed, where, similarly, a great number of European employees were involved. Secondly, this is not fair towards employees of other companies where reorganisations also take place and where it hurts too.
My Group has signed a joint resolution with EPP and UEN, in which, however, we made it clear right from the outset that we are against the naming of company names.
This is why the Liberal Group will vote against paragraph 8 and the second section of paragraph 9. If these paragraphs are nonetheless adopted, my Group will abstain from the final vote. I do hope that this will not be necessary."@en1
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