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"Mr President, more than 10 years after the Commission's attempt to create a suitable legislative framework to regulate the matter of the statute for a European Cooperative Society, the Council is today showing the political will to progress with and close the matter.
Even if this time, however, it appears to have interpreted the relevant proposal for a regulation from the Commission correctly, the legal basis it has chosen is creating tremendous problems. In essence, as other honourable Members have said, it is undermining the role of the European Parliament by selecting Article 308, the simple consultation procedure. Keeping to the same tactic used during the adoption of the relevant regulation and directive on the European society.
The arguments expounded by the Committee on Legal Affairs in favour of Article 95 are right, but it is also right to look at how relations between the European Parliament and the Council are going to shape up in the future. This tactic of discordance of opinions cannot go on and the question is, why is the Council afraid of the European Parliament? However, it is not right for the debate at this stage to be delayed or for the creation of the cooperative society to be put off.
We therefore have to use every possible means to foster approval both of the regulation and of the directive on the statute of the European Cooperative Society, taking account of the fact that the European Cooperative Society will constitute the necessary complement to the European company. In adopting them, we shall help to develop cross-border cooperative activities in the social work sector which, according to the more general strategy on employment in Europe, will constitute an important source of employment. Cooperative organisations will acquire a strong legal tool which will facilitate the foundation and operation of cooperative societies at cross-border level.
As with the European company, here too, if we are to be consistent, the corresponding term for the workers must be safeguarded, their rights must be safeguarded and the building of the European social standard must be promoted, in this instance even more so, I think, than with the European company. In this light, I should like to congratulate the two Socialist Group rapporteurs who agreed to proceed jointly and adopt a joint strategy.
To be precise, the directive needs to take account of the three points that Mr De Rossa raises in his report. First, the right to negotiations on worker participation cannot be limited to the period in which an SCE is being created. This right must be safeguarded during other crucial stages in the operation of the company, such as mergers, transfers etc. For the same reason, the terms of the worker participation procedure must not be a one-off right; it must be redefined if there are substantial structural changes in the European Cooperative Society with fresh negotiations. It is also rightly proposed that, when electing workers' representatives to supervisory or administrative organs, national law should take priority, as in the case of the European company.
To conclude: it is not enough for us to refer each time to our faith in the European social model. We have to sit examinations every day and prove that we believe in it."@en1
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