I do not think that the Davignon report assesses that correctly.

In 1970, he chaired the committee of experts which produced the Davignon report on foreign policy for Europe.

The Davignon Report calls these reference rules.

The expert report, known as the Davignon report, found a way of formulating a European system of worker involvement.

Indeed, this seems to me unrealistic and I fear that this will once more thwart the procedure which the Davignon report is today trying to unblock.

They must pay heed to the work of the Davignon report experts and also the work of Mr Menrad.

The Davignon report, published on 27 October 1970, was a report on the future foreign policy of European Economic Community member nations.

Therefore, in my opinion, two signatures are possibly the most important on the Davignon report, those of the representatives of the European trade unions and the employers.

Furthermore, in November 1970, following the 'Davignon Report', the foreign ministers of the Six began to meet together in a European Political Co-operation body.

The Davignon report has put forward the European Limited Company as an ideal legal instrument, particularly for mobilizing private capital for the establishment of transeuropean networks.

As well as a statement from the Commission about information and consultation, there was a proposal for a resolution by Parliament, which in important points already led to similar results to the Davignon report.

The Foreign Ministers subsequently drafted the Luxembourg / Davignon report (1970), which created an informal intergovernmental consultation mechanism where member states could achieve 'politics of scale' (Ginsberg 1989).

Both documents - the Davignon report and the Luxembourg compromise - also provide for economic involvement of employees, when in doubt, by limited representation of fully entitled employees on the administrative and supervisory boards.

This proposal was underpinned academically by the work of a group of experts under the chairmanship of Etienne Davignon, and the Davignon Report was signed by trade union members and members of employer associations.

Mr President, let me first of all thank the European Parliament for having taken the initiative to deliver an opinion on the Davignon report and subsequent developments in the dossier on the European company statute within the Council.