Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-10-Speech-1-091"
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"Despite all these fine words, the European Parliament remains under-informed and, above all, under-consulted. We are unable to exercise parliamentary control. What value do meetings involving confidential documents held behind closed doors have? How can we accept this lack of democratic debate where neither national parliaments nor the European Parliament are involved? The Commission is relying on a general mandate pre-dating Seattle that has been rendered null and void. It therefore has no legitimate right to impose its decisions. Through aggressive demands directed at third countries, concerning the water sector, in particular, the Commission is undermining any genuine efforts to address the needs of the people of the countries involved. Other values must be promoted over the profits of multinationals, trade for its own sake and the rationale of privatisation: particularly the need for strong public services, which are essential to social cohesion and equality. We must ask ourselves why it is so difficult to assess the consequences of liberalisation. Modernity lies in the ability of governments to guarantee fundamental rights and not in a determination to satisfy the financial markets. I join with more than 150 other French elected representatives in demanding transparency and the suspension of the negotiations in order to prevent an irreversible GATS."@en1
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