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According to the rapporteur, the economic situation is catastrophic. Is it the rise in unemployment, collective redundancies and seasonal employment which so concerns the rapporteur? Is it the tragic situation of certain population groups? Is it the increasing poverty? Not at all! The disaster, as he sees it, is that company profits are falling.
What does he propose to do to remedy the situation? Quite simply, to follow the same recipes which have led to the deterioration in working conditions throughout Europe and which, thus far, have served first and foremost to safeguard shareholders’ profits. Once again, out comes the everlasting list of proposals: link tax benefits to job creation, cut the tax burden and so forth. These are all measures which will benefit shareholders but never employment.
The Member States are therefore called upon to further reduce workers’ and pensioners’ shares in social prosperity, raising the retirement age or limiting wage increases, which the report wishes to be productivity-linked – thus increasing exploitation. If it adopts the report, the European Parliament will be proving once again that it represents the interests of employers rather than the interests of the majority of society. It will have to do without our support. We voted against this report."@en1
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