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"Mr President, Commissioner Bolkestein, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to say a few words about this report. In my opinion, the guiding principle we should all abide by is not only to talk about the internal market, but also about the European social model, as opposed to the Anglo-Saxon model.
This evening, we will be talking to one of the Commissioners about socially responsible entrepreneurship. And that means that we will not only be talking about shareholders, but also about stakeholders, along with consumers, environmental organisations and employees.
Information and consultation are also currently under discussion. Not simply information, therefore, but also consultation. Having a say in the broad sense of the word. We are looking into the request to review the Works Councils Act. We argue in favour of an observatory for industrial change. That is what is happening on the one hand. On the other hand, there are also people who would like to see a European company statute, and who want takeover bids to be regulated.
In my view, we should be sufficiently grown-up, to slowly but surely reach a package deal in which matters of this kind can be regulated in one fell swoop. At the moment, however, we are witness to a more gradual approach. Returning to this Directive, I gather from Articles 6 and 9 d), in particular, that these are only concerned with disclosure of information. I am drawing on my practical experience as advisor to works councils and trade unions, when I encountered difficulties of this kind on a daily basis. With regard to this directive, one could revert back to a situation where all that is required is information and where one hardly has the time to form one’s own opinion. This being the case, to say that the opinion may be sent along with a bid is a hollow phrase. I have heard such hollow phrases all too often, and I do not welcome them.
What we are about to see, therefore, is a very strange coalition tomorrow, with divisions within all the political parties. I naturally defend the proportion, and that will be the largest proportion, of the Greens who will be voting against. A strange coalition indeed, made up of people who defend the pearls of their national industries, as well as people who stand up for more say and better consultation as a matter of principle. I quite definitely belong to the second group. As Mr Simpson has said in connection with the postal issue, I would have liked the ayatollah of liberalisation to have had a bit more nerve and to have regulated this consultation aspect properly from the outset."@en1
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