Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-052"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market access to port services2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.5.2-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunnar Hökmark2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the basic issue in this debate is about whether, in this area as in all others, competition and new services are a good thing. It is about whether competition would cause matters to become worse for consumers, employees and businesses. To hear some of the debaters, one would think that the existence of competition and more companies is bad for the whole of society. We can, in fact, see how those European societies that have opened the doors to competition and new enterprise have seen services and businesses develop, with lower prices and better service for the consumer. We have seen this within area after area, including the telecommunications and aviation areas, and have heard the same cautionary arguments before deregulation has been implemented. I remember how, when telecommunications deregulation was, at one stage, debated, it was maintained in all seriousness that telephone calls would be a thing of the past and that those who worked within the industry would lose their jobs. In actual fact, there have been more jobs. When it comes to ports, which are so crucial to trade and development within the EU, it is obvious that the dynamic entailed in increased market access and in competition between and within ports will lead to a development of services. These things are crucial not only for enabling the ports industry as such to operate better but also because shipping, transport and trade will be more efficient. What is at issue here is not only the whole flow of goods in Europe, but also opportunities for new regions to develop – new ports and new structures in our economy. If we want to see competition, we shall also get to see new developments and change. Anyone who maintains that everything is already perfect and that our ports throughout Europe operate exactly as they should need not be afraid of competition. If we obtain new enterprise and new opportunities, things will happen. That is why the basic issue is that of whether we want, as I myself do, to see a more dynamic flow of goods in Europe."@en1

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