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"Mr President, all those who are not resigned to the absolute domination of unrestrained capitalism are disgusted by the successive crises in our industries and, in particular, by that in the automobile sector. In my country, Catalonia, this sector saw 31 so-called social plans
in Catalan – in 2001-2002, as a result of which 5 200 employees were made redundant. The closures of companies manufacturing automobile components, such as Lear and Valeo which have shut up shop, are deeply shocking for my fellow countrymen.
One does not have to be an expert to understand that competition with Eastern European countries is now unviable. Automobile companies, and others, are relocating because, over there, the costs of skilled labour are much lower than ours and, in this area, our companies cannot compete. If, some day, these countries succeed in genuinely converging with our own, companies will relocate still further to the east, outside the EU, following the cold logic of the market economy. We are told that, in order to avoid such evils, greater flexibility in the employment market is required. Greater flexibility means fewer guarantees for workers and, hence, less social cohesion. For all those who believe in the European social model, that is unacceptable."@en1
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