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"Mr President, I should like to speak about accidents at work in Greece and Europe. The shortcomings and negligence of shareholders, control mechanisms and national and Community authorities in applying health and safety regulations is criminal. The statistics for my country, Greece, are tragic. There were 142 fatal accidents in 2008 and there have been more than 56 since the beginning of 2009.
At a time when lives are being lost, companies, the national authorities and the Commission are addressing the issue in a very relaxed manner and crimes are basically going unpunished; crimes for the sake of profits, such as the crime which France Telecom has been committing since February 2008. Last week, another worker, just 25 years old, committed suicide due to the intolerable working conditions. What does the Commission have to say about that? Had it been a different matter, it would have intervened. That is why I call on the Bureau and my fellow members to observe a minute’s silence at some point during the three-day plenary for the victims of France Telecom and other accidents at work."@en1
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