Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-12-13-Speech-3-038"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Competition between postal services2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001213.1.3-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-13-Speech-3-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Juan de Dios Izquierdo Collado2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we are holding a real parliamentary debate because the positions were initially differing. I must congratulate Mr Ferber and Mr Simpson on the excellent work they have carried out and which we are able to consider this morning. From the Spanish experience, which has been mentioned a few times, I believe that Parliament’s amendments improve on the Commission’s proposal because it introduces moderation – strict moderation – into the pace of opening up and liberalisation. We all agree on the need for this opening up and liberalisation, but the pace is important. One message went completely unnoticed at the Nice European Council, and I think it is also close to Parliament’s position, which is that services of general interest must be taken clearly into account and be clearly favoured. Madam President, the service we are considering faces fierce competition from the new information and communication technologies. That competition cannot be considered in current terms, because the use of those technologies is undergoing a dramatic increase and we therefore have to view the issue with a little perspective. This sector is already suffering from enormous competition from those new technologies. We have included the special services in the directive itself, and I believe that Parliament has given them the added value that they must have because, otherwise, the Commission’s proposal could become a back door through which the services of general interest could be attacked. Madam President, in dealing with this issue we are talking about economic and social cohesion. It is very important to understand that it is not only the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Funds that have the task of defending economic and social cohesion; it is all the Union’s policies, as laid down in Article 158 of the EC Treaty."@en1

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