Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-13-Speech-2-028"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services of general interest2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040113.2.2-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-13-Speech-2-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Yves Butel2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 co-chair; EDD (2002-07-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in the belief that they are curbing the excesses of Community competition law, certain Members are playing with fire. The answer to these excesses is to change the law or at least to make explicit provision for an unqualified derogation for public services. The aim must remain an equally high standard of service for everyone, not the quest for profitability which would throw open these public services to competition. It is therefore dangerous to seek to establish a European definition of services of general interest. First of all, a coherent definition would be impossible in view of the diversity of territorial structures and national practices, and then the political will to formulate such a definition is lacking, as is even a simple majority in favour of definition. My group is in favour of deliberations that would culminate in the identification of the interests that are common to all European service users and of measures to guarantee the funding of the identified services. This Green Paper and this report, which proclaims the success of the liberalisation measures that have been taken to date, are very far from satisfying this need. The Convention’s draft Constitution, which the European Council rejected in Brussels, would not have changed anything, because it also subordinated services of general interest to competition law. A structure has been put in place, and its aim is clearly to dismantle the public services that exist in some of the Member States. The important thing for my group is that we should be able to discuss these things democratically with our peoples, recognising their ultimate right to choose the model they believe should be developed in order to guarantee the social and territorial cohesion of their respective countries. In conclusion, we shall not endorse this report, although we shall, of course, vote in favour here and there to support the less distasteful proposals. In this way we shall answer the rapporteur’s call, but we would also ask him to reflect further on the purpose that would be served if the present report were adopted in its entirety."@en1

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