Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-10-Speech-1-084"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) within the WTO, including cultural diversity2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030310.4.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-10-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne Van Lancker2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner Reding, Commissioner Lamy, I am of the opinion that the publication of both the European institutions’ offer and their questions on market liberalisation via GATSwatch have made it clear that we in the European Parliament have good reason to be worried. I would like to make two comments in this regard: firstly, Commissioner Lamy, you say that health, education, media and culture are not being liberalised. That is correct, but there are other sectors that fall under services of general interest. You do not rule out the liberalisation of energy and water, and the postal, port and pilotage sectors are already ready for liberalisation. My group therefore wants clear guarantees that Member States can now regulate their services of general interest in their own way and that these services will not be subject to the GATS. Naturally we do not need a WHO list for this; subsidiarity will apply as usual. Secondly, Commissioner Lamy, I find it shocking that there is such an imbalance between the questions from the northern and southern Member States regarding market liberalisation. In exchange for a limited number of questions, particularly concerning the mobility of labour from southern Member States, Europe wants to liberalise a number of sectors including some that we do not want to liberalise. Commissioner Lamy, I am of the opinion that liberalising water is not the right way to achieve the millennium targets and to halve the number of people who have no access to water. To do this we need relief funds and development cooperation. Anyway, I am convinced that this has nothing to do with genuine concern for the southern Member States but everything to do with the interests of the water industry. My group therefore requests that we do not adopt the liberalisation of sectors that we do not want to liberalise."@en1

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