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"Mr President, while the heads of state of the European Union are preparing for their meeting in Lisbon, where they will discuss employment, economic reform and social cohesion, ABB/Alsthom, a European cartel if ever there was one, has revealed in no uncertain terms the truth that hides behind the empty words uttered by policy-makers. This cartel, which is one of the most powerful in Europe and generates considerable profits, is planning to shed
10 000 of its 54 000 employees, which is to say one employee in five, and to close six plants, which would be disastrous for the regions concerned.
The contempt that ABB/Alsthom and their ilk have shown for the most fundamental interests of society is appalling. On behalf of the Members of
I express my solidarity with the workers at ABB/Alsthom and with workers at all large companies who are fighting against the unacceptable. We condemn the attitude adopted both by the Member States and by the European institutions in refusing to take any binding measures with regard to industrial groups which make workers redundant while at the same time growing rich, like Alsthom, for example, on orders received from the State. I maintain that prohibiting the redundancies planned at ABB/Alsthom on pain of legal seizure of assets would be a basic measure of public decency."@en1
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