Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-08-Speech-3-039"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market regulations and competition rules for the liberal professions2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031008.6.3-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-08-Speech-3-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Benedetto Della Vedova2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, every time anyone calls for liberalisation and talks about the need to pursue such liberalisation, their opponents raise the issue of specificity. When the liberalisation of a sector that provides a public service is discussed, people say that the sector in question is of a specific nature which needs to be taken into account and which means that the market rules applying to other economic and industrial sectors cannot be applied to this particular sector. The same goes for the liberal professions: all the professions have their own specific characteristics. But the hallmark of the liberal professions in Europe, and, particularly, in some countries such as Italy, is that they are the least liberalised of all. You see, Commissioner, when people say that there is a need to strike a balance, I am quite happy to agree, as long as we recognise that, at present, there is no balance at all, that today, in Europe, the so-called liberal professions are in actual fact based on closed professional associations that exercise a collective monopoly defending profit and creating obstacles for young people wanting to enter those professions. By way of example, let me mention the journalists' association. Very recently, a well known French journalist with a wealth of professional experience came to Italy when his publishing house bought several Italian newspapers, and he was appointed editor of one of those newspapers. Italy's journalists' association was up in arms, and made sure that this person, a Frenchman, was unable to do the same job in Italy. The liberalisation of professional services, as demanded by Italy's antitrust authority, is needed to help make many of Europe's industrial sectors more competitive – the sectors which are most dependent on the need to have a skills base and to be competitive on international markets. I welcome the October hearing, as long as, and let me repeat this, it is clear that balance can only be achieved in Europe today if we succeed in weakening the closed shop and monopolistic stranglehold that the professional associations represent."@en1

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