Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-12-Speech-4-098"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission strategy on services of general interest (SGI)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040212.5.4-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-12-Speech-4-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Georges Berthu2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-01-31--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2000-11-23--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, one month after the adoption of the Herzog report on services of general interest, which called for the setting up of a European legal framework, adopted by the codecision procedure, we are already totally confused, as can be seen from Philippe Herzog’s oral question. The rapporteur has discovered, in effect, that at the same time the Commission, all by itself, using its own powers, has been preparing a regulation on the financial compensation from which services of general interest may benefit. Today, the Commission has just half-admitted this, and has promised that it will await the outcome of the consultations on the Green Paper before taking any decision. So much the better! However, I would say to Mr Herzog that in the years to come you will see more of this sort of thing, and worse things too. To put it simply, it was not necessary to meddle with the workings of the European legal framework. This concept, like that of the framework directive, is ambiguous, because nobody knows exactly what should go into it, from authorised subsidies to the definition of the service itself, via organisational principles, obligations and relations with service users. Moreover, the concept of a legal framework which respects subsidiarity, which was invented by the European Parliament, is even more ambiguous, or even contradictory, because real subsidiarity in this matter would consist in admitting that public services, which are actually essential to life in our societies, must be defined, organised and managed at the closest possible level to the public within the national framework. We need a single rule: each Member State should be free to decide on its own public services. The corollary to this rule is that public service obligations should take priority over Community competition rules."@en1

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