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"Mr President, on behalf of the 350 Ford workers being made redundant at Warley and Dunton in Essex, and on behalf of the 1 400 General Motors workers at IBC vans in Luton – double if you count suppliers – I want to welcome tonight’s announcements that these car manufacturers will not be allowed to go down.
However, when Commissioner Verheugen says that General Motors must not follow a ‘beggar my neighbour’ policy, can he join with me in asking them four questions: firstly, to fully disclose their restructuring plans, not simply to the German Government but to the British and other Member State Governments too; to complete a full environmental impact statement on the carbon impact of the EUR 3.3 billion package they propose; to bring clarity to the future of their joint venture with the French company Renault for van production in Luton, in particular; and to outline to you and to us what guarantees exist that a subsidy in the short term will secure production and employment which are genuinely sustainable?
Last week I met the Luton workers, one of whom told me that IBC’s chances of survival are just 50/50, in a town which has had vehicle production for more than 80 years, and where 50% of jobs are still in manufacturing. I will fight for the future of their jobs."@en1
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