Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-13-Speech-2-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services of general interest in Europe2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011113.6.2-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-13-Speech-2-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2000-05-03--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Mr Philippe Herzog, who is the draftsman of the opinion of the Committee, is currently in Qatar as a member of the Parliamentary WTO Delegation and has, therefore, asked me to present the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy on his behalf. This was adopted by the Committee almost unanimously, with only one member casting a blank vote. The draftsman does not share the Commission’s view that compliance with the rules governing competition and the internal market is fully compatible with safeguarding the supply of services of general interest. The problem arising is how to safeguard the supply of such services. The draftsman proposes the creation of a European joint responsibility framework to cover services of general interest. He considers that more open and more democratic regulation is a necessity, also in the conditions that will prevail following the potential enlargement of the EU. The draftsman wishes to make the tasks clearer and at the same time to strengthen the communities’ and states’ freedom of choice regarding the selection of a model for safeguarding these services and the type of administration to be set up for this purpose. While the current market philosophy and rules of competition encourage privatisation, the EU should retain the principle of diversity, or in other words, there should be a number of options to choose from. On the basis of these arguments the committee has adopted an opinion according to which the gradual process of freeing service industries must be implemented in parallel with retaining general services. The principle according to which it is up to the Member States, within their own territories, to retain their cultural habits and political views has also been adopted. The Member States should have the right to ensure that services of general interest are also provided to the less advantaged of their citizens. In paying particular attention to the problems presented by the financing and its safeguarding, the committee in its opinion shares the draftsman’s concern about the necessity to safeguard general services."@en1

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