Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-04-Speech-2-212"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Monitoring the application of Community law (2003-2004) - Better lawmaking 2004: application of the principle of subsidiarity - The implementation consequences and impact of the internal market legislation in force - Strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060404.22.2-212"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-04-Speech-2-2132
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, it is extremely lamentable that there seems to be only one running through the discussion on subsidiarity and better lawmaking, namely increased economic growth and more competition by means of fewer rules and regulations. This creates the illusion that, particularly in the regulatory environment, more attention should be paid to subsidiarity in areas such as social protection, the environment and consumer protection. All of this fits into the neo-liberal way of thinking that fewer rules and regulations are, by definition, a good thing. Reality, however, shows us that it is those very same European rules on the hallowed internal market that make life difficult for the European citizens. For example, it is those rules that require a small municipality in the north of the Netherlands to ask for permission from the European Commission before it can install a glass-fibre cable network for its own citizens, or that consider government support of the City of Amsterdam to the local zoo to be distortion of competition. No wonder the people of the Netherlands, having lost all faith in a further extension of Brussels powers and in the proposed Constitution which approved and backed this process, proceeded, by an overwhelming majority, to consign that document to the waste paper basket. Reality is that subsidiarity has been an empty concept for a long time. European institutions, headed by this House, rarely, if ever, question whether European interference in a certain area actually makes a positive contribution to the wellbeing of people and the environment. On the contrary; a steady stream of European rules and regulations continues to undermine the authority of national and regional governments. One example I would give of that is the European services directive, which, even in its amended form, will seriously erode the autonomy of municipal authorities in the area of licences or the local provision of services. In a nutshell, whilst a discussion on the quality and subsidiarity of European legislation is to be welcomed, it is totally naïve to assume that by scrapping a handful of rules or carrying out impact assessments, the fundamental problems of interference from Brussels can be solved. For this to happen, the internal market rules will, in the first instance, need to be completely overhauled."@en1

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