Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-18-Speech-2-027"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of European competition policy2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000118.2.2-027"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-18-Speech-2-0282
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2000-02-02)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are holding a special debate: on competition policy and state aid, the government’s right and left hand, so to speak. Whilst the EMU criteria are forcing Member States to curb expenditure, the high level of state aid to industry has so far remained in place. This is understandable, because it is highly likely that Member States which start to cut back on state aid will cause companies to leave, with adverse effects on employment. But, at the same time, this is not understandable because bad management and non-viable jobs should not be funded by taxpayers’ money. In principle, only horizontal regulations are permissible because they do not distort, or hardly distort, competition. The rapporteur’s Amendments Nos 6 and 7, therefore, deserve our support. Amendments Nos 1 and 5 make reference to the phenomenon of market failure because the market instrument in itself does not result in the ideal society. Vulnerable people find themselves hardest hit. Market forces must be employed in a sophisticated manner to do full justice to the responsibility of citizens and companies. If this comes to nothing, then the government has to step in. The Commission’s White Paper on modernising competition policy seems more like a discussion paper. The plea in favour of decentralisation in order to lighten the load within the Directorate-General on Competition is a kind gesture, but the way in which the Commission would like to carry this through would lead to the judiciary being stretched. This would be at the expense of legal certainty within industry. Does the pressure of work within the Commission really decrease when national judges are required to report to the Commission? What is the Council’s opinion on this and is the Commissioner prepared to completely reconsider these points?"@en1

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