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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I must begin by thanking Mrs Handzlik, and congratulating her on having drafted such an interesting and important report. Mrs Handzlik is a fellow member of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, and a compatriot of mine. Her report is important for us not only because, if I am not mistaken, it is the first report drafted by a female Polish MEP, but also because it concerns a particularly important issue, one that is crucial to the economic development of the European Union. I refer to the functioning of a truly common and free market for services within the European Union. If we consider that services account for 70% of the Union’s GDP, the importance of this issue can be readily appreciated. So too can the importance of developing the market for services within the EU. At this time, when there is much debate on the Constitutional Treaty in a number of European countries, the subject of the services directive and of a truly free, open and competitive market for services in Europe constitutes one of the key issues in the debate. There are strong misgivings about opening up the European market for services fully to cooperation. Many fears have been expressed too concerning the possibility of businesses and service providers from the new Member States being able to operate within this market. These views were reflected in some of what Mrs Kallenbach said just now. I should simply like to refer to one important piece of news provided by none other than President Chirac in the course of the important debate currently under way in France. President Chirac stated that as a result of enlargement, exports from France to new EU Member States in Eastern Europe had quadrupled. This translates into something close to EUR 10 billion, and 130 000 new jobs in France. Such then are the consequences of operating a truly broad and free European market. There is no reason to fear enlargement or genuine competition within a market like this."@en1
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