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"Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I should like to congratulate our three fellow MEPs, Messrs Turmes, Rapkay and Mombaur on their sterling work.
What is on today’s agenda? On today’s agenda is a fresh step for Parliament in the process of total liberalisation. And after the successful first opening we have had, it is important to take that second step. We would therefore make an urgent appeal to the Commissioner and the Member States to ensure that this is achieved in Barcelona and that we do not try to frustrate the process, as we usually do – and you know which Member State I am referring to. As Mr Mombaur has already indicated the principal arguments, I will not elaborate on these any further.
So what are the key points? Firstly, we must ensure that a level playing field is established. In other words, we must remove obstacles and ensure that everyone is given equal opportunities. Secondly, we need to ensure that the role of the supervisors is framed in such a manner that we ultimately work towards a single European market. This is why Amendments Nos 53 and 130 to Article 6(1) of the directive are of prime importance. My group is keen to see these amendments adopted, because we can thereby ensure that we work towards this single European market. The third key point is that we can allow competition actually to take place, thus ensuring transparency and non-discrimination. After all, we have seen that the instrument of reciprocity does not work. The consumer must have free choice. My final point is this: it is of great strategic importance for us to start with an assemblage of information. We are keen to support the amendment that is now before us by Mr Westendorp, among others. We have nothing against the Mombaur report, but we struggle all the more with the report by Mr Turmes. Allow me to say at this stage that the PPE-DE Group will request a split vote for Amendment No 69 and will withdraw Amendment No 181, so that there will be no question of negotiated third-party access.
For the rest, we have great difficulty with the Turmes report. In our view, it contains too many rules, too great an administrative burden and too little respect for the market economy. We also believe it is not right for responsibility to lie with industry and not with the supervisors or national States. I should like to note that liberalisation is not promoted in this way, but that new obstacles are raised, so that it is difficult for liberalisation to get off the ground. And this could never be the intention.
Needless to say, we must carefully consider the environmental aspects. However, we should bear in mind that with regard to combined heat and power production and telecommunications, we can regulate many of the points on this topic in other directives too. We would therefore urge Mr Turmes to withdraw amendments in this area."@en1
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