Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-20-Speech-3-044"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-11-20"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021120.1.3-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-20-Speech-3-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, while welcoming the programme presented to us today I must express some alarm that on page 12, under 'Key initiatives – sustainable and inclusive economy', the mountain has laboured and made a promise to produce a green paper on public services or services of economic interest. I find this extraordinary. This Parliament has repeatedly pointed out to the Commission and the Council over many years that there is an urgent need for a directive on a framework for services of general economic interest. My understanding is that the spring summit instructed the Commission to come forward with a proposal for a framework for services of a general interest by the end of this year. Yet what we have in this work programme for next year is the promise of a green paper to discuss the principles on which services of general economic interest might – might – be constructed. At the same time, we have a promise on page 12 that measures to complete the internal market, by eliminating barriers to the provision and take-up of services by business and consumers, will proceed next year. I do not find this acceptable. This House and the spring summit have been ignored. All the calls this House has made for universal services of general interest to the citizens of Europe to be guaranteed as a matter of urgency have been ignored, although this is a key part of European citizenship and of the social model we are so proud of in Europe. I would like a clear answer from the Commission as to why it is failing to do what this Parliament has asked it to do and what it was instructed to do by the Council at the spring summit, because this is not acceptable."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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