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As part of the current information and consultation process organised in the context of the ArcelorMittal group’s takeover of the Italian steel producer Ilva, on 29 June ArcelorMittal’s European Works Council (EWC) expressed an initial opinion stating that for the moment it is against the takeover. However its position might change and become positive if management: 1) offers “future guarantees covering the company’s plants and employees – both those who are to leave the group and those who are to remain within the group”; 2) ensures, by means of an agreement, “that Ilva and its employees will be successfully integrated into the group”; 3) resumes “a social dialogue that will provide high-quality and transparent information and will guarantee that the EWC’s representatives have the framework they need for this purposes. This objective must be locked in.” “Under these circumstances”, the opinion adds, “we will support this process”. Admittedly the text of the opinion is critical of the company’s management, but the main criticisms are aimed directly at the European Commission, which is accused of “a denial of social democracy and a failure to respect the wishes of ArcelorMittal’s European bodies.”
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