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"Madam President, today’s debate was intended to represent a small step forward in the liberalisation process of the postal services. I have yet to see an internal market topic which has caused so much misinformation, emotions and bitter reproaches to be exchanged. One of those reproaches concerns countries which are now professing liberalisation, but have not made any changes at home. According to my Spanish colleagues – and I would like to check this out with the Commissioner – Spain has transposed the 1997 Directive in its entirety, others have not done anything, and those who have not done anything would now like to take huge steps to make up the difference.
Mr Bolkestein, the Commission is the Guardian of the Treaties. Is this true, and if so, what steps have you taken? Also, I would appreciate it if you could outline exactly to what extent the old directive has been transposed in the different countries. Spain’s attitude in this matter is proving to be absolutely crucial.
The misinformation has been about people in favour of liberalisation. They are also supposed to be against the universal provision of services as a matter of course. This is simply not true. Quite the reverse in fact: the concept of universal services is ideally suited to solve problems encountered in rural areas and areas which are difficult to access, via agreements and, if need be, compensatory funding. However, I am firmly opposed to monopolists who do not tolerate anybody on their home patch but take the liberty of making their purchases on liberalised markets. Who distributes the post in Sweden? Who can compete in Sweden on a free market? The Royal Mail, which Mr Simpson takes such an indulgent attitude towards. He has tabled an amendment on the public/private relationship. But to be absolutely certain that nobody could take this amendment further, he only submitted a recital and not an article. Fortunately, there is a directive in place which prescribes transparency for public companies, and I can assure you that gross subsidies will be monitored at very close range. No more public money to spend within liberalised markets. Go and play on your own turf. I trust the Commissioner will promise that he, together with Commissioner Monti, will exercise extra vigilance.
I would like to finish off with one last observation. I am extremely disappointed at Parliament’s conservatism. We are voting tomorrow, and I hope the amendments by Mr Atkins or Mr Sterckx will be adopted, otherwise I will have no choice but to vote against this report."@en1
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