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The completion of the internal market is the main objective of big business, in order to safeguard the greatest possible privileges, squeeze small and medium-sized enterprises and exploit manpower more effectively. The enlargement of the markets goes hand in glove with the penetration of the private sector into public services and the selling off of the people’s wealth. Thoughtless privatisation, which is the constituent element of the single internal market, affects the most vital sectors and converts all social possessions to merchandise.
The Miller report welcomes the Commission’s proposals for the privatisation of public utilities. It waves the flag of competition and the four freedoms which accommodate big business. The opening up of the networks market, on the pretext of the alleged ‘benefits’ to consumers, also includes the water supply. In the name of profit, the fact that water is a social possession
which no one can be deprived of, is being completely ignored. In other words, nothing will be left standing in the name of the profit of big business and the multinationals. The only thing we have not yet seen is privatisation of the air we breathe!
We believe that the workers must set their priorities and fight back against the choices of big business, and we are fighting with the workers and the working classes for new rights which respond to modern needs."@en1
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