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Tirsdag den 2. juli 2013 - Strasbourg

7.2. Vedtægten for tjenestemænd og ansættelsesvilkårene for de øvrige ansatte i EU (A7-0156/2012 - Dagmar Roth-Behrendt) (afstemning)

– Nach der Abstimmung:

  Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the Commission. − Mr President, I would like to take this occasion to personally thank you and Parliament for your strong support in these very difficult negotiations. I know that without your personal involvement and very skilful negotiations on the overall MFF package, this result would not be possible.

I would also like to thank wholeheartedly the rapporteur, Ms Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, and her shadow rapporteurs Mr Baldassarre, Ms Lichtenberger, Ms Wikström, Mr Karim, Mr Maštálka and Mr Speroni. We have been working very hard on this file under an intense time pressure and in the end I think we managed to get a very honourable and good deal.

I am very pleased about today’s vote because through these approved Staff Regulations and approved administrative reform we have clearly proven that the European civil service is in tune with the European citizens. It shares the efforts of many public administrations for more savings and further modernisation, but it is also a good decision for the institutions and staff. We will still be able to recruit the highly-qualified staff we need and, at the same time, today’s vote makes it clear that to work for the European institutions means not only showing strong European commitment and dedication, but also possessing the great ability and skill required to pass a most demanding selection procedure and to be prepared to work longer working hours and retire later than most colleagues in the national civil services.

I would like to conclude by saying that I believe that through this modernisation the European civil service will be fully equipped to deal with the current crisis and with European and global challenges and to work on Europe, which will, I believe, emerge stronger from the crisis than it was before.

(Die Abstimmung wird unterbrochen.)

PRESIDENZA DELL'ON. GIANNI PITTELLA
Vicepresidente