Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-03-Speech-3-072"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Macroeconomic dialogue2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991103.6.3-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-03-Speech-3-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Arlette Laguiller2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2001-05-09)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lutte ouvrière (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, complete or partial unemployment is a tragedy in human terms for millions of families. It is a social catastrophe even in those European countries that claim to have the fewest unemployed people, and here we have the Cologne European Council and the European Commission, which are both content to gorge themselves on words as they talk about the European Employment pact. The measures that are envisaged though are ridiculous given the extent of the problem. The worst thing is that they are cynically using unemployment as an excuse to give more money to employers. The extra EUR 500 million that the European Central Bank is being asked to release on the pretext of stimulating job creation, as well as the EUR 1 billion for hi-tech SMEs are officially supposed to be used for investment. Now I would like to take one recent example, amongst so many of those big companies who make their workers redundant at a time when they are experiencing increased profits. The ABB Alston Power Trust is preparing to shed a large number of jobs in several countries within the Union, in England, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden, not to mention other countries in Europe or across the world. Why then does the Commission not use its authority to oppose these kinds of job cuts? It is deciding on a huge number of directives which have the force of law in the areas affecting competition. I shall stop now. How can we understand the Commission’s refusal to react to this attitude of big companies, which is irresponsible in human and social terms, unless the explanation is that it serves the interests of these big companies and that it does nothing for the unemployed apart from offering words of consolation?"@en1

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