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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Revision of Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080507.14.3-122"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-07-Speech-3-1232
lpv:speaker	lp:Alejandro Cercas2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, thank you, Commissioner. If I have understood you correctly – and I hope that I have understood you correctly and have not confused my wishes with reality – I think that you want to fight this battle, that you are not going to give up your capacity for initiative, that you are going to try to ensure that, before this Parliament finishes its work and this Commission finishes its work, we will finally have a recast Works Council Directive, after an eight-year wait. It is clear that in its day the Directive was very positive, but it has now been largely overtaken by events. If that proves to be the case, Commissioner, then you have our full support, my full support, as I think that you have the right and the duty to maintain this Commission initiative when one of the parties does not want this Directive to be revised, despite the fact that it is obvious that it needs to be done. It is necessary because the general interest is at stake. Europe's workers are very angry, and with reason. Commissioner: this morning I received a delegation of workers from a factory in Valladolid – Smurfit Kappa –, which is to be closed next month; they found out in the newspapers and do not know why it is being closed on them, because it is a profitable business. They do not even know who their bosses are, because the business is part of a conglomerate of companies and nobody knows any longer who shareholders are. Commissioner, the workers are asking for security and Europe must give it to them; it must give them clarity, it must give them the right to be informed and consulted. There cannot be restructuring without social dialogue. Social dialogue is definitely important, and the difficulties definitely need to be overcome. I know that it is not easy for you. It will not be easy in the College of Commissioners or in the Council. However, Commissioner, if you go along this path you will have our full support; sometimes not all battles are won, but all the important ones need to be fought, and this one needs to be fought."@en1

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