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"Mr President, in Europe there are one hundred and sixty thousand cooperatives that provide work for around 5.4 million employees. The financial economic crisis has shown that it cannot be answered from the sole point of view of the shareholders of these companies, but an enterprise, as a social organisation, should also take into account its responsibilities. An enterprise has responsibilities not only towards shareholders, but also employees, creditors and society.
Legislation regarding cooperatives and employee participation varies substantially across the EU. The statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE) is so far the only social economy legal form available at EU level. Cooperatives and other social economy enterprises are part of the European social model and the single market and therefore deserve strong recognition and support, as provided for in various EU key documents.
A revision of the directive should address above all the specific needs of employees in cooperatives, including the option to be both owner and employee of the same enterprise. I believe it would be appropriate for the Commission to develop an instrument to facilitate employee and user ownership of cooperatives. Employee participation in enterprises should be taken for granted in all Member States of the European Union and greater employee participation in cross-border forms of enterprise should be advocated rather than remaining at the level of the lowest common denominator."@en1
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