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FAUX
PAS AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
The
most recent call for proposals concerning employee
ownership was corrupted (see below "Panic at
the European Commission").
José Manuel Barroso was questionned on November
12. Answer should be awaited within the 15 days,
as the European Commission promises. Strangely nothing
came. A
double complaint was thus addressed to the European
Ombudsman.
During the same time, we can observe that President
of European Council Nicolas Sarkozy was able to
answer and to take actions. To be continued…
...PANIC - CONTINUED
Letter
from DirCredito to the European Ombudsman, March
17, 2009
Letter
from Mr Nikolaus van der Pas, Director General,
European Commission - DG Employment, social affairs
and equal opportunities, January 29, 2009
Letter
from EFES to Mr Nikolaus van der Pas, February 10,
2009
Message
from DirCredito to the European Ombudsman, February
11, 2009
Letter
from Mr Nikolaus van der Pas to DirCredito, February
4, 2009
Letter
from the European Ombudsman to DirCredito, February
5, 2009
PANIC AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
As
usual on the 1st of September, the European Commission
- DG Employment & Social Affairs organised a
call for proposals in 2008 about "Restructuring,
well-being at work and financial participation".
Strange mixture, isn't it? This is supposed to be
in line with the European Union policy aiming to
support employee financial participation. Such proposals
are
evaluated by a small "Evaluation Committee"
within the Commission's services.
A first proposal got a negative answer
on November 5. The reason was: "The project is inopportune
taking into account the economic and financial current
environment (promoting financial participation in
financial services)." How could such a small committee
take such political decision? Mystery. How could
you call for proposals on September 1 and declare
on November 5 that it is inopportune??
A second proposal was about setting up "A European
ESOP". ESOPs (employee stock ownership plans)
are probably the most typical way for employee financial
participation in USA. It is particularly effective
for small and medium sized companies and for restructuring.
What did the Evaluation Committee decide? The proposal
was refused. The reason was: "No link with
the objective of the budget line."
Ignorance, incompetency, what else? We call for
a renewed Commission with real competency in the
matter. Letters were addressed to José Manuel Barroso
and to Nicolas Sarkozy.
Complaint
to the European Ombudsman
Facts
Letter
from the European Commission about DirCredito's
project
Letter
from EFES to the President of the European Commission,
José Manuel Barroso
Letter
from EFES to the President of the European Council,
Nicolas Sarkozy
Letter
from DirCredito to the President of the European
Commission
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For
information and contact
EFES - EUROPEAN
FEDERATION OF EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP
FEAS - FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DE L'ACTIONNARIAT SALARIE
Avenue Voltaire 135, B-1030 Brussels
Tel/fax: +32 (0)2 242 64 30
E-mail: efes@efesonline.org
Web site: www.efesonline.org
EFES' objective is to act as the umbrella organization
of employee owners, companies and all persons, trade
unions, experts, researchers, institutions looking
to promote employee ownership and participation
in Europe.
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