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For decades, State aid has been authorised or forbidden by the Commission purely according to the needs of the god of competition. Although it is regrettable that it has taken until 2006 to consider taking account of common-sense criteria such as employment, innovation, growth, economic and social cohesion and so on, we must not reject this reorientation of the policy, because we cannot prevent its existence.
However, I am concerned about the fate reserved for services of general interest, in particular about the fact that they are not really protected from Brussels' ability to make a nuisance of itself. The consequences of the liberalisation of network activities (postal services, rail transport, electricity and such like), which privatises the profits and nationalises the losses, should be a lesson to those who call on the Commission to legislate in this field.
I am also worried about the way in which respect for competition is given priority over all other criteria, which is characteristic of a policy that continues to favour its dogmas over the interests of Europeans.
Finally, I would like to emphasise that many activities, even emerging ones, would not need subsidies or aid if they had the benefit of a favourable, international fiscal and regulatory environment – an environment that Brussels' policies are largely helping to destroy."@en1
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