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It has taken 50 years for the EU to achieve the free movement of services enshrined in the 1957 Treaty of Rome. It is now about to become a reality.
The EU is taking another step in the right direction with the Services Directive, which will facilitate the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services in the EU Member States offered by the internal market.
Controversial since its beginnings as the Bolkestein Directive, the final text is rather less forthright.
I believe, however, that this report has struck the right balance between the crucial need to open up the services sector to competition, whilst preserving the European social model.
I voted for this Directive because I feel that Portugal has much to gain, as it will accordingly derive maximum benefit from the internal market.
Adopting the directive was the right thing to do if only because a series of administrative and legal obstacles imposed by the national, regional and local authorities have been removed. Portuguese companies, and in particular SMEs, will be the main beneficiaries.
Furthermore, the adoption of the Directive will contribute to achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy aimed at more growth, more jobs and greater freedom for consumers to choose services."@en1
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