Bordes, Cauquil and Laguiller (GUE/NGL), in writing. – (FR) We voted against this report on the funding of the new Regulations for Parliament staff, given that the funding set aside falls in line with the Kinnock reform, which undermines the status of Parliament’s employees.

There is to be an overall reduction in the number of employees with the status of officials and an increase on fixed-term contracts, not to mention the hundreds of workers already in precarious working conditions, such as sub-contractors and workers forced to work part time.

New recruits will be on lower salaries and will have a lower status than has until now been the case. Pensions will undergo similar cuts – Parliament staff will retire later and receive a lower pension.

In this respect, Parliament is falling into line with the decrease in levels of social protection in the workplace throughout Europe. This is ample evidence of the value of the EU’s declarations of intent on jobs and working conditions.