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"This is, for once, a report for which someone from the party of Eurosceptics, the June List, can express significant appreciation. This is precisely the matter with which the European Union properly should concern itself, that is to say the matter of ensuring – as we should do in every case – that we obtain liberal economic solutions in those areas in which we have chosen the market. The focus of the report is therefore perfectly correct. It is incredibly important both that the EU and the Commission ensure that the systems of rules are followed and that it is absolutely prohibited to endeavour to favour domestic suppliers at the expense of foreign ones. This is in the interests of people both as consumers and citizens. What kind of Eurosceptic would I be, however, if I did not have a few objections? I have two: Firstly, I believe it is wrong now to start demanding that more staff with monitoring responsibilities be appointed at the Commission. In the Committee on Budgetary Control, of which I am the first Vice-Chairman, we adopt quite the opposite approach, for what is important is that we demand of the Member States and of leading politicians, including finance ministers and prime ministers, that they be able to guarantee that they really are complying with the rules to which countries are subject when they belong to the European Union. Secondly, we must also remember that countries are entitled to opt for other solutions. If a country does not want to deregulate and wishes to have a state-owned post office or some other institution under government control, it is perfectly entitled to adopt that position and so has no need to demand procurement on the terms in question."@en1

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