Karin Jöns (PSE). – (DE) Mr President, my group and I would also have liked to have seen more than what has now been produced, but I think, nevertheless, that we have achieved a lot and have brought agreement at European level a step further forward. One thing is clear: in future, the European Works Council must be informed and consulted prior to any decision – and that is the important point – prior to any decision being taken regarding restructuring and then it will no longer find out about this via the newspaper.
However, I would like to say something very clearly to the Commission: the sort of chaos we saw when determining who is actually negotiating here must not happen again. There must be a clear distinction between the social dialogue and the European Parliament. We sometimes had the feeling that the rights of this House were being nullified. That must not happen in future.