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"Mr President, I would like to express to the House my satisfaction and relief at the decision taken by the management of General Motors on 15 February to manufacture the new Opel Meriva model at the Figueruelas factory in Zaragoza, thereby finally putting an end to the risk of the relocation that it has been planning for months for 7 600 workers and many more auxiliary companies.
I would like to congratulate the workers on their commitment to productivity, the Spanish directors and the engineers for their good work, and the regional government, headed by its President, Marcelino Iglesias, for its support.
That is not sufficient, however. The competitor was the Gliwice factory, in Poland. The only advantage it was offering was lower labour costs. Our relations over recent months have given us a better understanding of the frustration of the Polish workers and, as a result, we support the proposal of the European Workers Forum that the Agila model be produced in Gliwice.
In the meantime, by way of compensation, the Spanish Government has just opened up the possibility of the free movement of workers, but that is not sufficient either. What we need is a European industrial policy."@en1
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