Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-06-Speech-4-017"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Employment prospects in the EU automobile sector2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031106.1.4-017"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-06-Speech-4-0182
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"In this debate, a great number of references have been made to agreements between Renault and Ford, but I do not think that these agreements actually exist. For what was the case at Renault? It is true that the provisions with regard to the European and national works councils were completely ignored. That was the big problem. It was, above all, an issue between the workers and the company. Here, we have, in fact, another problem. There is, of course, also a problem between the Belgian Government and the company. That is the crux of the problem and, in my view, there are two or three reasons for this. The first reason is, I fear, the very complex system of Belgian social security. It is simply the case in Belgium that, relatively speaking, the whole surreal business is funded by social security to a far greater extent than in other countries, but that, of course, leads to a bad competitive position compared to those other countries. It is not, however, for Ford to solve this; it is a task for the Belgian Government. The second reason, of course, why matters have been brought to a head, is that it has taken far too long to comply with Ford's requests to do something about the shift bonus. Then it suddenly transpired that the German companies were more competitive, although wages there are higher than in Belgium. Who then is to blame, is it the workers? No, it is the Belgian Government. The Belgian Government should take responsibility for this and should prevent this from happening again. This, I believe, is the main conclusion that we can draw from this. If there are problems with legislation, it is fortunate that there is a directive, so they should refer to it and start legal proceedings. In the case of Renault, it has transpired that this can have a positive outcome. That is the method, but we must in this matter look for a solution that is different from that in the case of Renault."@en1

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