Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-13-Speech-2-181"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market access to port services2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011113.9.2-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-13-Speech-2-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (2000-08-30--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Vice-President, first I think we should all congratulate Mr Jarzembowski on his excellent work, the time he spent on it and, of course, his patience, because this is an exceptionally tricky issue. We should also congratulate Commissioner de Palacio on the substance of the proposal which she submitted to us and which is based on the liberalisation of port services, which she wishes to push on with. Not as an end in itself, but as a means of bringing about better, cheaper services and improving the competitiveness of the European economy. And, of course, when we speak of competitiveness and liberalisation and apply them to telecommunications, energy, the railways, we cannot leave out port services. This too is another brick in the wall of the single market. There can be no doubt that ports are a rule unto themselves, as is every sector. Obviously we need to look at the question of aid and how it can be reconciled with the rules of transparency. We need to look at the specific problem of pilotage, which several Members have already mentioned, and see how pilotage relates to safety. Consequently, we need to look at a whole host of other issues. But this should not lead us into ignoring the material facts and the material facts are that liberalising port services will have a beneficial effect on competitiveness and our objective of providing better, cheaper services to those who use them. So the message which we need to send out from this debate is clear: a dual message of liberalisation and transparency. Of course there are groups which will be affected by these proposals. Of course there are interests which do not like these proposals. But the greater good is the objective of competitiveness, and the growth and jobs which it creates. And I believe that the philosophy behind the proposal before us serves precisely this objective."@en1

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