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"I note that Mrs Villiers urges us to apply competition law toughly. I hope we will live up to your expectations in the future, without being prejudiced against size as such. We have to examine situations case by case. Size can sometimes create problems. Even smaller operators can create competition problems and then we have to intervene.
Finally, several Members – Mrs Read, Mr Markov, Mrs Ainardi, Mr Rapkay – have recognised and stressed the beneficial impact of the development of this sector on employment, but also expressed some concern about the social impact of mergers. I must be very brief at this stage. This raises two issues. As to the general effect on employment, I firmly believe that if competition is maintained employment tends to benefit. This has clearly been the case in the telecommunication industry. Even though incumbents may have laid off some workers, liberalisation has created a large number of new entrants which are creating new employment.
The Commission is extremely keen that workers' rights should be safeguarded. The whole deployment of Commission policy instruments and the assessment of concentrations is limited purely to the aspects covered by competition law. However the Commission welcomes the involvement of workers' representatives in the merger control process. Representatives have a right to be heard at all stages of the procedure. I know from experience that their views are a valuable input for my services.
I am increasingly convinced that rigorous competition is a key component of a social market economy, be it in the traditional sectors or in the new sectors and – I stress both adjectives – social and market economies."@en1
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