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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is all too good to be true. The energy market is different from other markets. On the one hand, there is a natural monopoly in the distribution and transport networks, which reduces competition. On the other hand, it is a sector in which the lack of adequate regulation means that price variations can be huge, given the rigidity of demand and the impossibility of storing electricity. Lastly, access to energy for all citizens must be seen as a genuine right, which brings us back to the question of public services.
Of course, the texts do include the public service obligations but they do not go far enough. Indeed, the Member States are given too much leeway to organise and define these public service obligations, which means that the behaviour of the Member States which attach least importance to social cohesion requirements and citizens’ rights will be legitimised. In consequence of that, free competition between operators will take precedence in these texts over public service obligations. This is happening at a time when the Commission, with its Green Paper, is launching the debate on services of general interest! Why could we not have taken a little time to take stock of the sectoral liberalisation process and to make this issue the focus of a European policy?"@en1
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