Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-11-Speech-1-087"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Postal services2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020311.7.1-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-11-Speech-1-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Dirk Sterckx2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; ELDR (1999-09-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Vlaamse liberalen en democraten (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I should like to thank the rapporteur, partly for the fact that he referred to the Belgian Presidency. I am proud that someone from my group, Rik Daems, thanks to his negotiating skills, managed to get this common position on paper at the time, which was certainly not an easy task. It is a very even-handed position, in my view. Mr Simpson too has already referred to it. There may still be other people out there who believe that the postal services should remain a national government monopoly. I am not one of them. There may be people who believe that public services should not be a topic of discussion. I am certainly not one of them either. The common position is somewhere in between. It takes account of the wishes of the customers, the people who use the postal services, which is what should be our priority, in my view. We must ensure that postal companies are able and obliged to carry out this task. We have received agreement from fifteen Member States and fifteen postal services. This is very important. This means that we will be able to modernise services of this kind very rapidly, and that we can ensure that they become first-rate businesses, if they are not so already. There are also people who want to go faster or slower than the common position, or those who want more grammes, etc. This is not wise, in my view. As Mr Simpson said before: if we now loosen the string, the entire package will unravel and collapse, which would be a bad outcome. We must prevent this happening at all costs. Our group will therefore adopt the three amendments tabled by the rapporteur, but not the others. The proposal that is now before us provides postal companies with the opportunity to become modern businesses within a realistic timeframe, by no later than 2009, with a clearly defined set of tasks and with transparent accounts, businesses that put the interests of their customers before their own and fulfil a social function at the same time. This role is, I believe, crucial in sparsely populated and remote areas and helps the weaker in our society. We also provide a directive in which each Member State and each postal service can acquit itself of this task. In my opinion, if we follow the rapporteur and if we manage – as I believe we shall – to obtain the endorsement of the Council and the Commission, we will have created something which is very valuable and in which we can take pride."@en1

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