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"I voted in favour of this resolution setting out the European Parliament’s approach to the reform of State aid rules on services of general economic interest (SGEI), which the Commission proposed last October. This report broadly incorporates the proposals of the Public Services Intergroup, of which I am the vice-chair, along with Peter Simon, the rapporteur for this text from the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats). While some of the statements contained in the report may not be of minor importance, overall, this report is a step in the right direction because it supports the need to take more account of the specific features of public, economic and social services (SSGI). In addition to the demand for an increase in State aid thresholds and an expansion of the exempted sectors, I particularly welcome the reaffirmation of the principle of subsidiarity, the demand for SSGI not to be seen as services reserved for the disadvantaged, and the demand for the specific nature of intervention by regional and local authorities and how they come together to be taken into account. I also welcome the European Parliament’s position in highlighting the fact that this reform of State aid is only one part of the necessary clarification of the legal provisions for SGEI. I therefore voted in favour of this resolution so that the European Parliament will put pressure on the Commission to soften its doctrinaire stance …"@en1
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