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"Mr President, Commissioner, I welcome the CARS 2020 Communication. Finally we have some sort of industrial policy. At least the warning lights are now flashing in response to the crisis that can occur in the automotive industry and that is on the table today following the dramatic announcements of the closure of Ford factories in Europe.
Tomorrow, however, there will be more, and what we have on the table is a clear awareness that we are lacking in European instruments; that we cannot respond to this crisis country by country and by placing countries and workers in opposition to each other; that we need a truly European instrument that anticipates and prepares for technological change, globalisation and the crisis that we are suffering.
Let us not allow the same situation to occur as occurred with the financial industry: that we come in afterwards with solutions but are not able to make proactive policies.
I can see, Commissioner, that in the Communication you are finally beginning to talk about anticipation. You are already aware that yesterday the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs adopted an own-initiative report in order for there to be a legislative act by the Commission, a real legislative act that creates guidelines at European level and European standards for responsibly managing restructuring and change, and that prioritises the participation of workers, information, anticipation, training and assistance.
Above all, Commissioner, let us forget about this idea of this only being an issue for businesses. It is indeed an issue for businesses, but it is also an issue for workers, the regions, the Member States and Europe, whose future is at stake: its future in the world order.
We therefore need more Europe, more solidarity, more instruments, and to face up to the situation, as the US has done, for example. We need to genuinely defend a sector that is a strategic one, in which not only are millions of jobs at stake, but also Europe’s place in the world."@en1
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