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I believe there is a fundamental contradiction between the so-called cohesion policy and the neo-liberal tendencies which dominate in Europe; in fact
widespread competition and privatisation run counter to genuine harmonisation. This involves the extension of funds providing the necessary transfers and adjustments, which would, in turn, introduce positive distortions rather than pure market phenomena and the blind quest for profitability. These funds could be provided by a unified tax on capital returns.
The Musotto report recognises this contradiction in its own way, for example by underlining “the need to adapt competition policy and fiscal policy”. However, it immediately feels the need to make up for this by singing the praises of a private-public partnership. In spite of their tentativeness, the report’s suggestions are sound: it calls for a better assessment of the effects of enlargement and considers the 0.45% of Community GDP devoted to cohesion policy to be a minimum. This is why I did not vote against this report, even if it falls far short of the requirements of a genuine policy for solidarity and equality on a European scale."@en1
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