Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-18-Speech-5-039"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European postal services2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000218.3.5-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-18-Speech-5-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the task of the post office is to ensure that, every day, the post is delivered everywhere, be it in the city or in remote, rural areas, at the same tariff. For 150 years, the postal services have been a public affair and, as such, just like public transport and the power supply, a core task of the national governments. Such recognisable and useful core tasks give the electorate a reason to vote. They are much less interested in a government which takes no interest in these affairs. I once heard a Christian Democratic politician make the following comment in a Dutch village: “The postal service belongs to us all; taking it away from us is tantamount to theft”. The existing postal companies no longer fall under democratic control and room is being made for competitors. The newcomers are only interested in those parts of the work that generate high profits at low cost and low prices. They can be the cheapest for a while only by means of a drop in quality for their customers and employees. Such companies have always been around, but they used to be banned, whereas these days they are being heralded as progress. The end result will be that existing companies will also be forced into bad practices. They will get their workforce to do more work at lower wages. They will often do fewer home deliveries, charge more for retaining post during the holidays, close down a large number of the post office branches and, ultimately, the tariffs for the individual will sharply increase, at which point the only parties which will stand to benefit from this type of practice will be companies which conclude collective agreements at a lower tariff. It is time we stopped this trend. A fault confessed is half redressed. We are better off with one democratically controlled monopoly than the waste and chaos brought on by competition which cannot be controlled."@en1

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