Seanad debates
Thursday, 10 October 2002
Address by President of the European Parliament.
Mr. Cox referred to Article 133 which has been completely abused in the argument. It is important to take this matter further and perhaps he could save me some research by putting it in context. It appears that Article 133 removes the right to exercise the veto in certain areas. One of the issues to which majority voting has been extended is workers' rights and related matters, including the determination of how the European Union will cast its vote in the World Trade Organisation. Will he confirm that the European Union is the only representative body sitting at the WTO table which is making the case for core labour standards to be included in international agreements? It is of great importance to Irish workers, including those in Aer Rianta, that they should be protected in this way.
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