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dcterms:Date	"2004-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services of general interest2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040113.2.2-011"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-13-Speech-2-0122
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Koukiadis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2002-02-05--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I should like to start by thanking the rapporteur, Mr Herzog, for the admirable cooperation which we had during the preparation of this report, which was drafted with enhanced cooperation between the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs. However, I should like to express my regret at the result of the vote in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, which rejected the basic proposals of the Committee on Legal Affairs. The approach which we adopted jointly with the rapporteur does not turn a blind eye to the problems raised by the current situation. The vital question is not who owns services of general interest. It is clear that current developments allow the private and public sectors to work together. However, in order to avoid privatisation having a negative character, the basic rules governing the mission of services of general interest, including their basic operating and funding principles, need to be respected. Among other things, it is important for care to be taken in all cases to satisfy the needs of the entire populace. That is why the principles of universality, continuity, affordability and quality need to be guaranteed at Community level. The difference between ours and a liberal perception is that privatisation is not an end in itself and that it must not under any circumstances mean full dependence of services of general interest on market rules, as any such dependence would reach the point of even precluding funding by local authorities of services of general interest which serve local society. With certain services in particular, such as health, education and social services, the national authorities must have the right to lay down the rules which govern the provision of these services by private, profit-making agencies. I therefore call on the House, especially those who believe in the European social model as part of the European productive system, to vote for the amendments relating to what I have just said. Our resolution will be a balanced resolution if we accept the compatibility of the rule of competition with the mission of the social state. Furthermore, the proposal to adopt a framework directive should be accepted, as it was in the previous resolution by Parliament. If we want to ensure that the basic requirements of the working classes as a whole are satisfied, we must all work to safeguard the future of services of general interest."@en1

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