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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Nokia was exempted from paying tax in Romania for 30 years and only three years later is moving to Asia. Nokia received massive financial support for the construction of its plant in Bochum in Germany and then for its plant in Cluj in Romania. At the same time, the redundancies and the safeguards put in place for the employees were financed from public funds.
I believe that it is dishonest to cite the crisis and production costs that are allegedly too high or, as has been mentioned today, environmental legislation as a justification for mass redundancies. Every employee at the plant in Cluj generates turnover of EUR 1 million each year and costs less than EUR 10 000 per year. We can no longer stand by and watch companies unscrupulously pocketing European money and then simply moving on like a plague of locusts. All the small agencies working on European projects have to sign contracts concerning the sustainability of their projects. Why does the same rule not apply to large companies? It is high time for us to introduce clear, tough regulations in this area. A voluntary approach and calls for compliance are completely useless.
As long as companies like this exist, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, which is vitally important for workers in Europe, must not be called into question. We must help the people who are suffering."@en1
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