Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-25-Speech-1-084"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Restructuring of the automobile sector2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041025.14.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-25-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-09-26)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (2004-07-20--2006-09-26)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2006-09-26)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2006-09-26)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2006-09-26)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2006-09-26)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-09-26)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I believe I am the only car worker in this Parliament. My previous job was in a car factory, so this debate is that much more relevant to myself. What we now see is huge pressure for change in the European car industry. Factory is pitted against factory and worker against worker. It is the metal workers who have to pay the price through having to do less satisfying work at high speed. I think that a lot of what is happening is unacceptable. It cannot just be a simple matter of making thousands of workers redundant. We must demand that companies accept their social responsibility. They have a social obligation towards those who work in the factories. They should enter into dialogue with authorities and trade unions in order to find solutions, such as shorter working hours, other than laying off the work force. What we also see is that the regulations are inadequate. Stronger union rights are required, together with intensified cooperation between unions within one and the same company. I think it good that the Commissioner mentioned demand in his introduction. It is true that demand is too low. The question that must also be asked, however is: demand for what? With the high oil price and major environmental problems, it is quite clear that what we need most today is cars that are propelled by something other than petrol, for example ethyl alcohol. In this area, we can see how the European car industry in actual fact lags far behind competitors in countries such as the United States and Brazil, which are much further ahead with the work on developing more environmentally friendly vehicles. This is one of the sins committed by managements in the European car industry."@en1

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