Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-11-Speech-1-093"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Postal services2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020311.7.1-093"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-11-Speech-1-0942
lpv:speaker	lp:Emmanouil Mastorakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the first paragraph of the preamble to the common position under debate reiterates that the main objective of the Community policy on postal services is to combine the gradual, controlled liberalisation of the market in postal services with a guaranteed universal service. Coming as I do from a country with a great many small islands and numerous mountain areas in the hinterland, I have every right and am justified, I think, in being anxious about the repercussions opening up this market will have on the quality of the universal service. However, this anxiety should have been allayed, we feel, by optimistic results from the study ordered by the Commission. Are there in fact any such optimistic results for the ‘difficult countries’, including my own? In the end, instead of the required ex ante examination of the situation, we now have an ex post evaluation once the first steps have been taken, but at least that will allow us to determine what steps to take next. So we must pay close attention to and take particular care with this process which, at this stage at least, has to be dealt with as a mandatory process under Article 80 of the Treaty. To ensure we do not contradict ourselves, we must bear in mind that Directive 96/67, which is currently being amended, guarantees European citizens and companies a quality universal postal service without discrimination, at both national and European level. It does not make sense to move heaven and earth so that our cohesion policy can continue to be efficient while, at the same time, jeopardising the future of a village post office which is the village's lifeline."@en1

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