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"Mr President, I warmly welcome, on behalf of my colleagues in the United Kingdom Conservative Party, this very elegant and simple proposal for reform of the single market. It will perhaps surprise colleagues that the regulatory content of this regulation before us occupies eight clauses and three pages and yet we had 200 amendments. Part of the problem – I say this particularly to the Commissioner because I know he is sympathetic to this – is that despite the fact that the single market is at the centre of economic reform of the Lisbon goals, when a simple proposal for reform is put forward we are in the extraordinary position that a significant number of Member States oppose it and, indeed, Members seek to change and dilute it.
We have reached an acceptable compromise, thanks to the heroic efforts of Mr Beysen. I am confident we will get a strong majority for this tomorrow and it is absolutely right that we should. How can we justify in the single market today a position where people shopping in Antwerp will get entirely different deals, offers and conditions to people who shop in Rotterdam, only a few miles away? That story is repeated across the European Union.
The purpose of this regulation is to empower consumers to make choices in the single market, by giving them information and allowing them to exercise their choice. A lot of the proposals and a lot of the amendments by the Socialist Group, which I am sure we will reject tomorrow, reflect the old mentality of trying to tell consumers what is best for them. That world has gone! We are talking about an Internet world where people can shop all over the European Union and where businesses can put out offers to them. This is a crucial measure.
In conclusion, I want to thank the Commissioner for the remarks he made in the commercial communication, where he said Parliament comes to rescue the internal market. This side of the House and this committee shall continue to do that. We shall also rescue Europe's consumers from the over-interference that some colleagues are proposing."@en1
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