Text tabled : A7-0051/2012

  Maria do Céu Patrão Neves (PPE), in writing. – (PT) I voted for this report since the smooth running of the internal market depends, in large measure, on good corporate governance rules and, consequently, on the trust placed in companies by the European public and consumers. As such, it is important to make use of the present crisis as an opportunity to improve corporate governance, so a proportionate and flexible approach to corporate governance should be applied, given the diversity of existing national frameworks and of companies themselves. Such rules should never be imposed or mandatory, but should be guidelines to which companies adhere if they wish.