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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, obviously I join with other Members in thanking our two rapporteurs, but I should also like to pay tribute to the European civil servants. Just imagine: 25 000 people manage this unlikely continent which invents a new future for itself every day. It is a tremendous task and at the moment it is being performed to perfection. Thank you, therefore, to the civil servants who support us.
This report, Commissioner, contains interesting and balanced elements, particularly after the amendments proposed by Parliament. They are appropriate in order to make the European Civil Service more dynamic. I shall not repeat what some other Members have said, better than I could. I shall concentrate on Amendments Nos 58 and 59 which would enable us to treat parliamentary assistants as contract staff of the Communities.
These amendments are very positive. They were tabled – and at this point I shall address the Council bench so that it can take note – by the five major groups in the House. Consequently, before the Council waves them away with a flick of its somewhat disdainful hand, I invite it to take a closer look at them. If the Council needs a moment to reflect, that will in no way detract from its responsibilities towards the European Parliament with regard to the Gillig report, a report on the same subject which has been awaiting attention for too long. That report made it possible to amend a rule so as to give our assistants the option of choosing their national social insurance cover. The fact that the Council has not yet reacted shows a lack of respect for the agreement which it concluded with Parliament, and in legal terms it places it in an utterly impossible position.
As the Vice-President responsible for this matter, whose patience, I can assure you, is pretty well exhausted, if this blocking tactic persists, I shall be obliged to condemn publicly and vigorously the nature of the blocking and those who are responsible for it. If that were to happen, it is by no means certain that certain Member States who pretend to be ardent supporters of social policy and transparency will emerge with their pretensions increased or even intact."@en1
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