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"Madam President, I very much welcome this report. As Commissioner Barnier has pointed out, it is the latest in a series of reports that the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection has been assiduously presenting to the House, and also to the wider public, to say how important this movement towards making the services market work better is to the fundamentals of jobs and growth in the whole European economy.
At a time when we are desperate to create more jobs, it is quite clear that growing service businesses take on more people more quickly than any other segment of the economy: that has been clearly demonstrated by economic analysis for many years. It is also clear that the purveyors of services themselves have an energising effect on economies. There are many areas where we need more expertise – in computer systems, in marketing, in the Internet, in designing and putting together buildings and in developing and building them. These are all services where we need more active competition.
It was very interesting when I led the Committee’s mission to Greece the other week – you will be interested in this, Madam President – that we heard from the trade unions about the lack of competition in the Greek economy and how that was holding back the economy. We heard from the Minister for Competitiveness how he was setting about dealing with that, and services were absolutely at the heart of his approach. This is something that applies everywhere, colleagues, and something we need to get to grips with. We want fair competition, as Ms Rapti eloquently pointed out, but in the end this is all about generating those jobs and economic activity that we so desperately need."@en1
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