Dr. Werner Altmeyer:

The issue is not an Irish issue. Many delegates from continental Europe are sitting on or part of an EWC based on Irish law. It is a European issue. There are large workforces in companies based in Germany under Irish law - US companies and others - and the German workforce is touched by the situation under Irish law when it comes to transnational restructuring issues and when it comes to how the EWC is operating. Therefore, this is not just an issue for Germany and it is also an issue for France and the Nordic countries. Many Irish-based EWCs have a huge delegation from continental Europe and that is the reason the focus is now on Ireland and the legal situation in Ireland, which is in third place after Germany and France. It cannot avoid dealing with the issue from a pan-European point of view.