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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011211.6.2-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-11-Speech-2-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-11-09--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Small enterprises used to be a very common phenomenon. In the last 150 years, they have been systematically bought up and forced out of business by large newcomers. Only in the last few years has there been a surprising, renewed interest in small enterprises. Unlike before, the big ones now stand to gain from their existence, since they can pass on tasks which they are unable to carry out at a cheaper price. They involve outsiders in low-wage countries or sell vulnerable parts of their enterprise to the staff or management. The business risks, including absorbing the peaks and troughs in transport and repair activities, are then borne by a third party. In most cases, costly collective wage agreements and schemes for better conditions at work fall by the wayside. In order to survive, people in such small enterprises must work harder and longer hours than they used to in the large enterprises. The small ones may think that they are independent, but they rely completely on the bank and on the larger enterprises with which they have outstanding contracts. Consequently, their existence can come to an unexpected end very quickly. Chances are that ultimately, government aid for small enterprises invariably benefits the large enterprises. However, I do not dismiss this aid just like that, for there are also situations where small enterprises can offer sound, fresh opportunities to groups of workers, notably to migrants and pioneers in the field of technical innovation."@en1

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