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Is the WTO an organisation for dismantling public services? That is the impression given by the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Although Article 16 of the EC Treaty clearly defines the role they play in the social and territorial cohesion of the Union, public services are being sold off at a cheap price. Postal services, energy, railways, this is happening to all of them. And when will culture, education and health services be subjected to competition? I would like the mandate given to Pascal Lamy, the Union’s negotiator, to be clear and extremely well-defined. Because we are talking here about the common principles and values to be defended – equality of opportunities and equality of access – and not a mere commercial negotiation. The mandate given to the Commission should be decided unanimously by the Member States, and not by a qualified majority. It should also be public. Nobody has been able to see its content, not even the national parliaments, who have not been able to debate it. And it is they who have voted for the creation of public services. Only a few MEPs have been allowed access to the mandate document, in a room especially prepared for that purpose, with note-taking formally prohibited. This is a wonderful example of the democratic deficit."@en1
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