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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it was announced this morning that a further 600 workers have been laid off by ThyssenKrupp. Social concerns are increasing, because what is at stake is the economy of a town, a region and thousands of families. The problem of Terni, Commissioner, is the problem of Italian and European industry as a whole. The resolution we have signed does not only represent a token of solidarity with the workers and institutions present this evening, and with the workers involved, but also reflects the commitment of the European Parliament to rethink the major strategies of industrial policy. Europe, within the Lisbon Strategy and the Stability Pact, must rethink a policy to stem the distorted effects of globalisation, which itself needs to be reconsidered. We cannot, in the name of globalisation and unfettered competition, throw away social protection, workers’ rights and environmental safeguards. Public action must provide the motive power for innovation, research and industrial renewal, based on a new competitiveness – not one which involves destroying the industrial fabric of both Italy and Europe. As part of the current debate on the Financial Perspective, we need to ask ourselves what resources have to be committed to investment in order to relaunch economic development and create new jobs. We also need to ask ourselves, Commissioner, what control and assessment mechanisms need to be introduced to verify and ensure that industrial projects which require public financing are able and obliged to provide protection for jobs. Ladies and gentlemen, this issue raises a large number of questions. The Terni case is, in many ways, just the tip of the iceberg. We must not fail to deal with this problem, which represents the true challenge facing Italian and European industry."@en1

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