Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001133/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Anthony Smith (The Left), Marina Mesure (The Left)
In March 2024, management at Thales Alenia Space announced their intention to cut more than 1 300 jobs in Europe, including 1 124 in France. However, the Thales Group has made a record profit of EUR 20.6 billion, up 11.7 %, and its order book is full, thanks, in particular, to public orders such as the demonstration contract for the HydRON project, signed recently, and industrial activities for the IRIS2 project.
In response, workers were stirred into action to protect their jobs and rail against the deterioration in their working conditions: according to its occupational health services, more than 50% of the group’s employees are overworked and 13% are already burned out.
At a time when the EU has decided to boost its autonomy in the defence and space sector, does the Commission intend to:
- 1.ensure that jobs and skills are maintained and improve the working conditions of employees at a company that has signed public contracts?
- 2.step up checks to see to it that working conditions are decent at companies that have signed public contracts?
Submitted: 18.3.2025