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Ganske vist har Parlamentet i lighed med andre internationale institutioner allerede følt nødvendigheden af at skabe en vis modvægt mod de multinationale selskaber, men efter vor opfattelse ligger det særlige ved det direktivforslag, som vi nu forhandler om, i to karakteristiske træk.
Mr Papaefstratiou, chairman of the Committee. — (GR) Mr President, as Chairman of the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment I welcome with particular satisfaction the debate, before the entire House, of this most important matter.
For det første tilstræber det at fastsætte bindende regler i modsætning til alle adfærdskodekserne af »henstillingstypen«, hvis ineffektivitet vi er bekendt med.
The matter in hand not only arouses the keen interest of the Members of the European Parliament, but also that of a large segment of international public opinion.
Det sidste problem, som efter min mening især har stor betydning for Storbritannien, er demokratiet.
There is no question, as is asserted by some, of entrusting the regulation of industrial relations to the courts.
For det andet indebærer det en udvidelse af arbejds tagernes rettigheder, der trues af unkontrollerede og usynlige afgørelser truffet af direktionen i virksom heder med multinational eller kompleks struktur.
It is a fact that no true right to information can be guaranteed to workers employed by these companies if the responsibility of the parent firm — whetber its head quarters are inside or outside of the Community — is not involved.
Imidlertid har den britiske fagbevægelse krævet eller anmodet eller forlangt af Kommissionen og deres ETUC-kolleger på kontinentet, at vi undgår enhver forpligtelse vedrørende demokrati.
As you all know, there have been a number of differ ences of opinion and a variety of undertakings. Probably, there are some who think that many basic problems facing working people would be solved simply and solely by applying the Directive in question.
Endnu en ting: vi har i artikel 7 og 13 sagt — og det er efter min mening en meget vigtig ting — at i tilfælde, hvor arbejdstagerne et bestemt sted bliver direkte berørte af en beslutning, skal de have ret til at kræve, at høring sker på deres eget niveau, hvis de ønsker det, og ikke på et højere niveau blandt arbejdstagere, som ikke er berørt.
The judgement of the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment is that the Directive under discussion is being enacted for social reasons, so that working people may have the right to be kept up to date about important decisions affecting the company to which they offer their services, so tbat they may be in a position to appreciate the true state of the company's affairs.
Hidtil har fællesskabsinstitutionerne og i særdeleshed denne forsamling kun behandlet dette problem inden for konkurrencepolitikkens rammer, nemlig i forbindelse med forvridninger, der skyldtes de multinationale virksomheders arbejde.
We are not the only ones to be concerned with the problem of regulating the activities of the multinational companies. Many international organizations have dealt with this issue, from the OECD and the ILO to the UN.
Men nu har dette problem antaget en ny dimension, idet det anerkendes, at arbejdstagerne kan gå hen og blive hoved ofrene for koncernernes handlinger.
In fact, the UN committee charged with drawing up the 'code of behaviour' for multinationals is now meeting in Manila.
Til slut vil jeg gerne sig, hr. formand, at vi efter to år med, hvad jeg betragter som de mest intensive høringer, vi nogen sinde har haft her i Parlamentet —
It is evident that the 'Vredeling proposal' would be a binding regulation, the only kind that would have some degree of effectiveness.
Uden at give efter for illusionen om, at dette samspil skulle være tilstrækkeligt til på europæisk plan at gøre fremskridt med hensyn til arbejdstagernes rettigheder,
We certainly have no wish to interfere in the industrial relations of countries outside the Com munity, but neither can we permit the most powerful economic groups to obstruct the democratic develop ment of our Community.
Forventningerne om økonomisk demokrati støder imod vort samfunds anakroniske strukturer, men søger at bane sig vej. Det fremgår at de omfattende arbejdsmarkedsuroligheder, der i øjeblikket fore kommer såvel i Frankrig som i andre lande i denne forbindelse.
The reasons that stand in favour of establishing a procedure at Community level for a system of informing the workers and of consultation with them on matters in which the taking of decisions by the management of a company may have extremely important consequences for their interests may be summarized as fol lows:
Ansvarets spredning har altid været et vigtigt punkt i de liberales bestræbelser.
President. — (NL) Colleagues, I now have a very pleasant task to fulfil.
Livet på en virksomhed afføder mange problemer, ikke mindst i forbindelse med virksomhedens målsigte, dens plads og dens opgaver i økonomien, og det er af vigtighed at erindre om, at enhver virksom heds eksistens er betinget af samvirke mellem forskel lige grupper af mennesker.
The European Parliament is particularly pleased at this first con tact between our respective Assemblies and trusts that it will contribute towards reinforcing the already exist ing bonds of friendship between Finland and the European Community.
Side om side med arbejds tagerne har vi aktionærerne, leverandørerne, de offentlige myndigheder og sidst, men ikke mindst forbrugerne, og alle forventer de af virksomheden, at den skal imødekomme deres behov som modstykke til, hvad de hver især tilfører virksomheden.
On behalf of my colleagues and myself I take this opportunity of reiterating our best wishes to the Finnish delegation for a fruitful round of talks with their counterparts from this Assembly and an excellent stay in Strasbourg.
Endvidere synes en sådan forhandling ikke at fjerne sig fra den af vore landes regeringer og af de europæiske institutioner fastsatte trinfølge, der frem for alt tilstræber en løsning på arbejdsløsheds- og recessionsproblemerne.
The development of many companies, with the com plex structure of the expansion of their activities, has brought the result that even where and when systems for information and consultation have been operated up to the present, these are now considered out of date.
Ved at måle den kolossale manglende indtjening, der er en følge af arbejdernes udelukkelse fra det økonomiske beslutningscentrum, mener vi, at det er en afgørende betingelse for at komme ud af krisen, at arbejderne opnår nye rettigheder.
The decisions that are likely to have important consequences for the workers in a local unit, for example a factory, will probably be modified or made at a higher level in the same country, or even in a dif ferent country, but on the basis of criteria perhaps unknown to the employers' representatives themselves at the local level.
Den i direktivforslaget anførte information og høring er et første skridt på vejen mod deres senere nødvendige deltagelse i valgene af virksomhedernes økonomiske administration, og i denne forbindelse ønsker jeg at understrege direktivforslagets uendeligt beskedne karakter. Således er der et meget stort spring mellem de foreslåede foranstaltninger og planen om fuldt »medborgerskab« i virksomheden, som en dag skal gøre arbejdstagerne til deltagere i de økonomiske og sociale forandringer.
In a community such as Europe where the national economies are closely interlinked and in which companies adapt their structures with the exercise of the right of establishment, guaranteed by the EEC Treaty, it is essential for all the companies with a given structure and with a significantly large number of employees, and paticularly those that operate at an international level, to have both equal rights, but also equal responsibilities and obligations.
Reformen, der skal indføre en række obligatoriske informations- og høringsprocedurer, ændrer intet ved ejendomsforholdene eller den hierarkiske opbygning.
Mr Turner. — Mr President, I believe the Commission was constitutionally wrong to forward to the Council of Ministers a draft directive when, on their own admission, they had not completed their consultations.
Vredelingdirektivet beskræftiger sig med arbejdstagernes information, høring og repræsentation. Disse ting giver ikke anledning til nogen protest, da de alle rede gennemføres i virksomhederne med større eller mindre held.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is your task to exercise mature judgement in deciding about the relative con ditions and preconditions, so that the document approved by Parliament will be complete and enforce able.
Høring er den mest udbredte form for medbestemmelse; høringen gør det muligt at stille spørgsmål og at fremsætte kritik og forslag, og vi er af den formening, at der skal være mulighed for en virkelig dialog, dersom man skal kunne forstå visse beslutninger. Vi accepterer diskretion med hensyn til oplysninger, hvis spredning udadtil ville skade virksomhedens drift eller fremtid.
I stress the importance of the democratic nature of the negotiations for the new rights claimed by working people, because in other countries, where unfortunately the system of political freedom and parliamentary democracy existing in the countries of the European Community do not apply, the workers are forced to have recourse to struggles involving bloodshed, and sometimes even to sacrifice their lives in claiming even the most basic of human rights.
Når man f.eks. forhandler om fusion, udbreder man sig ikke derom over for omverdenen.
I mean, of course, the workers in Poland and the ideological organization Solidarity, in support of whom the interest, concern and assistance of us all are focussed.
Den viser, hvilken blokering af demokratiets udvikling der foregår inden for den frie økonomi- og industripolitik, der domineres af de multinationale koncerners strategi.
We have had two years of consultations and the centre and the right of centre have sorted out the vital practical issues which had been omitted from the Commission's original proposal.
Jeg er færdig nu, hr. formand. Arbejderne vil drage den nødvendige lære deraf, og det er derfor, at vi for at støtte dem i deres kamp har stillet en række ændringsforslag til yderligere forbedring af forslaget, og vi håber, at den afsluttende afstemning må få et positivt udfald.
You only have to look at the 250 amendments which come from the centre and the right of centre to see that two years of this work has resulted in remarkable unanimity in principle on every issue except one.
Man kan derfor sige, at det ikke er alt i Vredelingbetænkningen, der er dårligt.
The first is Articles 4, 5 and 11 : the nature of information that should be given.
Vor gruppe har stillet en række ændringsforslag.
We all agree to the general information and it should relate to the group as a whole. You
Det ville gå imod den ønskelige tendens til decentralisering af beslutningsprocessen og styrkelsen af lokale ledelsers ansvar.
One other point, in Articles 7 and 13, we have said — and I think it is a very important point — that where employees in a particular place are affected by a decision, if they wish the consultation to be at their own level and not at a higher level amongst employees who are not so affected, they should have the right to demand that.
Vi er hverken tilhængere af uorden eller anarki, men mener, at man bør tilpasse vore virksomheder efter de økonomiske og samfundsmæssige nødvendigheder ved udgangen af det tyvende århundrede, uden at det skal gå ud over fremtiden, der bør være vort fælles ideal værdig, nemlig respekt for mennesket og fast holdelse af vor vestlige civilisations grundlæggende værdier.
Secondly, on secrecy of information, we all agree, on the right and the centre, that one should not give business and industrial secrets out in widely disseminated information, nor information which has not gone to shareholders, because that is contrary to the law in many countries.
Afslutningsvis ønsker jeg at anføre, at vi skal passe på ikke at overdrive i den ene eller anden retning.
I would take up with Mr Vetter his statement that we are showing ourselves suspicious of the employees.
Vi kunne også godt lide at vide lidt bedre besked med de forskellige parters henholdsvis anklager og erklæringer.
The Commission was ambiguous and vague. in what it wanted.
Vanskelighederne i forbindelse med handels samkvemmet med De forenede Stater har vi allerede; risikerer vi ikke at forværre dem ved at fjerne os for langt fra de eksisterende internationale konventioner?
You will see 59 amendments or more from the centre and right which make it clear that the consultation is with relevant companies who are affected by decisions being taken.
Hvad mener hr. Richard altså herom?
It is quite extraordinary that we had to put in amendments to this effect.
Det kunne også udgøre en fare for levedygtigheden for mange af de multinationale virksomheder, som nu opererer i Irland og beskæftiger mange tusinde irske arbejdere. Det skyldes, at megen af den information, som udkastet foreslår skal offentliggøres, er af kommerciel og fortrolig karakter.
In conclusion, Mr President, may I say that after two years of what I regard as the most intensive consultation that we ever had in this Parliament — and I would add that this directive has been thrown upon us because the Commission hastily presented this directive to the Council in 1980 without proper consultation — after two years.
Irland er stærkt afhængig af udenlandske industriinvesteringer.
I say, of consultation in this Parliament we now have 250 amendments, all of which are in basic agreement.
I 1982 var den gennemsnitlige arbejdsløshedsprocent i EF 9,7, mens den irske var 11,9.
The problem we have, as Mrs Maij-Weggen pointed out, is that because they are all so similar, though they vary in detail, formula tion and wording, we have to find a way of voting on a common set.
Siden maj er den irske arbejdsløshedsprocent steget endnu mere.
This is a difficult problem and one that we must solve today.
En tredjedel eller 33 % af vor beskæftigelse hidrører fra importeret industri.
I support her view that the only way to do it is to adjourn the vote until the next partsession so that we have time to work it out.
Så langt tilbage som i 1973 beskæftigede udenlandske ejede firmaer 22 000 mennesker i fabriksindustrien i Irland.
All of us on the right and the centre agree on almost every thing, but we have got to find our way through these 250 amendments.
Det var omkring 27 % af den samlede beskæftigelse det år på dette område. I 1980 var disse tal steget til henholdsvis 80 000 og 34 %.
We must ensure that when we do vote the result reflects the widest views of the right and centre.
De forenede Staters andel var lidt under 50.% heraf.
President. — I call Mr Frischmann.
De multinationale selskaber overvejer nu, hvor de skal lægge deres datterselskaber.
Next, on extraterritoriality, Articles 5, 11, 6 and 12.
Vi vil alle gerne have virksomheder, der kan give nye arbejdspladser, og vi ønsker ikke at stille de europæiske virksomheder dårligere; lad os også tænke på deres fremtid.
Here the provisions require extraterritorial enforce ment if they are to be effective in the case of multinationals whose headquarters are outside the EEC.
Vi bør være varsomme med at give oplysninger om udvikling af f.eks. nye modeller; det ville være enden på forret ningshemmeligheden.
We in Europe do not support the view that one should have extraterritorial law.
Som jeg ser det, er det klart, at i den nuværende økonomiske nedgangsperiode er nogle medlemsstater bedre rustet end andre til at angribe deres økonomiske problemer.
Indeed we have fought the Americans on this for many years in many spheres of industrial and commercial law and it would be ridiculous if-now we ourselves tried to impose extraterritoriality.
Det europæiske økonomiske Fælles skabs opgave må være at bistå de lande, som halter bagefter, i at slutte op med en generel økonomisk genrejsning.
We must have provisions which are equally applicable to internal groups and external groups, otherwise one has discrimination against internal groups in favour of external groups.
Det er noget, Kommissionen hele tiden gør sig til talsmand for økonomisk konvergens.
There some differences, but even so, most of them agree on what I have just said.
Det foreliggende forslag er en total modsigelse af denne opfattelse, fordi det kun vil skabe yderligere vanskeligheder, igen specielt i relation til Irland.
It is true of course that not just this Parliament but also other international institutions had already recognized the need in some way to counter the power of the multinational undertakings, but the originality of the draft directive now under discussion lies, we feel, in two features.
De to ting er ikke principielt uforenelige, og Parlamentet vil kun gå styrket ud af denne forhandeling, dersom det vil vise sig i stand til at vedtage en sammenhængende tekst til trods for det store antal ændringsforslag.
Election of employees' representatives should take place by secret ballot and the representatives of employees should be employees themselves and not be appointed trade union officials from outside the company.
Et andet problem, som kunne opstå ved de forslag, som udkastet indeholder, er, at de simpleste problemer på arbejdspladsen kan blive taget op på internationalt plan mellem for eksempel irske fagforeninger og moderselskaberne blandt de internationale virksomheder, som opererer i Irland.
Secondly, it seeks to extend the rights of employees threatened by the consequences of decisions taken by the management of multinational firms and undertakings with complex structures which they are powerless ' to influence or predict.
Jeg vil mene, at et forhold, man også bør tænke på, er, at EFs direktivforslag om åben information og høring ville favorisere arbejderne på bekostning af de
Hitherto, the Community institutions, and Parliament in particular, had only dealt with this problem in the
Lalor. — (EN) Hr. formand, Vredeling-forslaget og den tvungne indførelse af et hvilket som helst nyt eller udvidet system for kommunikation og høring vil betyde et alvorligt indgreb i de etablerede indbyrdes forhold på arbejdsmarkedet.
Now the British trade union movement demanded or asked or required from the Commission and from their ETUC friends on the continent that we should avoid any commitment to democracy.
Kunne kommissær Richard ikke fremsætte et forslag om beskræftigelse, i stedet for at vi skal diskutere skabelse af yderlige arbejdsløshed? Hvis dette direktiv bliver gennemført, vil det gribe ind i arbejds givernes og fagforeningernes uafhængighed og i
I am extremely pleased that Mr Vetter in the Legal Affairs Com mittee, on behalf of the Socialists in the Legal Affairs Committee, accepted this principle and said that he agreed there should be a provision for democracy in the election of representatives of employees.
Jeg mener faktisk også, at arbejdstagernes repræsen tanter bør vælges, dvs. udpeges ved en demokratisk proces og med hemmelig afstemning. Dette er logisk og nødvendigt.
It shows up the way in which the growth of democracy is being held back within limits set by the economic and industrial policies dominated by the strategy of multinational groups.
Jeg mener ligeledes, at de reelt fortrolige oplysninger kan beskyttes, og at det på den anden side er muligt at give økonomiske og driftsmæssige oplysninger, som har forbindelse med arbejdstagernes arbejde og løn.
Mr President, the workers will draw the necessary conclusions from this and that is why, in giving our support to their cause, we have put down a number of amendments to improve the text still further and we hope that the final vote will be a favourable one.
egentlige ejere, virksomhedens aktionærer, som ikke har en lovhjemlet ret til informations- og høringsprocedurer som dem, dokumentet foreslår.
context of competition policy, specifically with regard to distortions due to the activities of multinational firms.
I tilgift vil direktivforslaget i sin nuværende udformning skabe alvorlige problemer for selskaberne, hvad angår disse informationers fortrolige karakter.
Today, the problem has assumed a totally new dimension, now that it is recognized that employees may be the chief victims of such activities.
Det er urealistisk at forvente, at arbejdsgiverne virkelig vil forsøge eller være i stand til at iværksætte sanktioner for krænkelser af tavshedspligten. Tavshedspligt er ikke realistisk, når information skal gives til et stort antal arbejdstagerrepræsentanter i forskellige lande.
With the extension of the rights of employees being the subject of important legislation currently in the course of drafting in France, we cannot but welcome this move to extend democracy to this vital area and particularly as it is being done at Community level.
Min sidste bemærking, hr. formand, drejer sig om det generelle problem, at ordningerne for de multinationale selskaber hverken kan være mildere eller strengere end de tilsvarende ordninger, som gælder for fællesskabsvirksomheder.
Without cherishing any illusions that this conjunction will be all that is required to acbieve progress in the matter of employees' rights on a European scale, we feel that the fact that this debate is actually taking place is indicative of the way things are.
Pesmazoglou. — (GR) Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne gratulere ordføreren hr. Spencer med den klarhed og ligevægt, med hvilken han fremlagde betænkningen fra Parlamentets udvalg om sociale anliggender og beskæftigelse.
The desire for economic democracy keeps coming up against our society's anachronistic structures and is seeking to find a way round them.
Jeg anser det for et meget vigtigt spørgsmål og håber og beder til, at Parlamentet vil vedtage Vredeling-forordningen med stort flertal.
This is seen clearly by the number of major campaigns directed at achieving this being conducted by workers in France and otber countries.
Jeg vil dog endnu en gang understrege, at jeg anser vedtagelsen af Vredelingdirektivet og de forslag, som vi har hørt i dag, og som alle går i retning af konkrete mål, for at være et vigtigt skridt fremad for Europa-Parlamentet og Det europæiske Fællesskab.
We believe it is vital to strike a balance between the aspirations of the work ers, whose representatives would like to reinforce the power of the trade unions within undertakings, and the need for sound management, particularly at a time when the economic situation in Europe does not give rise to any optimism in a good number of sectors.
Min respekt og min tak for denne holdning.
This is something we should bear in mind in arriving at the decisions we are being called upon to take.
Min første generelle bemærkning er, at forordningen om arbejdstagernes forhold til multinationale selskaber er noget, som man bør beslutte skal være ens for hele Det europæiske Fællesskab.
In any case, it does not seem to us that such a debate is all that far removed from the order of priorities that the governments of our countries and the European institutions have set themselves, that is to say above all to work out solutions to the problems of unemployment and the recession.
Hvis dette ikke er tilfældet, vil der opstå en alvorlig uensartethed, da der vil udvikle sig en mærkelig og unormal konkurrence mellem Fællesskabets medlemsstater om at tiltrække de multinationale selskaber.
In considering the tremendous lost opportunities that removing employees from the centre of economic decision-making represents, we regard the opportunity for employees to secure new rights as a decisive factor.
Til dette punkt vil jeg gerne bemærke, at det, som min kollega hr. Lalor netop sagde om Irland, er noget, man ikke kan imødegå ved at forkaste dette direktiv.
Informing and consulting them, as provided for in the proposed directive, is a first step towards their eventual and necessary involve ment in decisions relating to the financial management of undertakings, and I have to say that the draft directive does not go by any means far enough on this point.