Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-08-Speech-2-222"
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"en.20050308.22.2-222"2
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"Mr President, Commissioner, what we are witnessing today in this House is a breathtaking display of hypocrisy. This House is now saying that the services directive is a bad thing because it could pave the way for the new Member States to provide services in the old Member States. Over the past ten years the major Western companies have entered the market in Poland and other countries of the New Europe, yet where have the Members of this House been all this time? Back then you told us that we had to agree to the liberalisation of our markets, because that was the basis of a free market …
...yet you gave no thought to whether this would cause unemployment in Poland or other countries.
The present services directive is an act of justice, and I would call on the Commissioner to continue defending it. It is an act of justice because it will make it apparent whether everyone is equal in Europe, or whether Europe only exists for the rich, and not for the poor. If there is to be a free market and if Europe is to be free, then it must be free for everyone, not only for the rich and for the major companies. Unfortunately even Members on the Left have spoken out in defence of the latter today. A free Europe means a Europe that is free for everyone. I thank you."@en1
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