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| European Commissionner in charge of Foreign Trading | ||||||
| Letter dated march, 7, 2000 to Michel Gendrot | ||||||
| "... I share your
analysis according to which we should not naively yield to the sirens of an uncontrolled
opening of our borders. At the head of the Foreign trading Department of European
Commision , I endeavour to organize this opening in a direction which is the most
favourable possible to our companies and our employment. It is this " controlled
" opening which enables us to gain great successes with export in sectors like
telecommunications, aeronautics or luxury goods industries where very many SME
animate our industrial steps"....
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| Marc Blondel | ||||||
| Général Secretary of Syndicate "Force Ouvrière" | ||||||
| Letter dated february, 7, 2000 to Michel Gendrot | ||||||
| " I took note of
your article "Moulinex and Maurice Allais". May I be authorized to
indicate to you that the analyses of this economist - Nobel Prize of 1988 - are not
unknown for us and that we take them into account. Personally, I do not hesitate to question myself publicly over the behavior of the national political leaders (including in the industrialized countries) as regards globalization, so much so that I fear, in the long term, occurence of schisms between the behavior of the Prime Ministers and the universal vote, which would pose the problem of democracy. In addition, I do not miss an occasion to write that Europe is an advanced element of liberalism of the Anglo-Saxon type: the will of deregulation and the social dumping used as adjustment mean confirm this judgement. I have the honour to take part in the activities of the International Office of Travail, as a member of the Board of Directors in the accordance with the French workers. It is a subject which we tackle regularly [....] But this kind of question interests only moderately the information media which are more on daily facts than on the fundamental subjects".
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| François Hollande | ||||||
| First Secretary of french "Parti socialiste" | ||||||
| Letter dated february, 29, 2000 to Michel Gendrot | ||||||
| "The point of view that you expose
on globalization is very interesting, and very relevant in my point of view. Like
you, I think indeed that, without making globalization a scarecrow and protectionism a
solution, we must defend within organizations readily unregulator like OMC, the principles
of European construction. The mobilization of the trade-union organizations in Seattle is
a positive sign of this awakening that you call your wishes. I do not doubt that it will
be still reinforced in the future".
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