Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-21-Speech-4-137"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021121.4.4-137"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-21-Speech-4-1382
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 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
lpv:translated text	". Within the EU, government aid is a dirty word these days. There is no room for it in the pursuit of unlimited international competition and tax reduction. However, a great deal of government aid is channelled to companies in a disguised form. In some cases, there is an over-capacity on offer for the transport of freight, as new motorways, goods railways and canals are being built. Consequently, companies are free to choose which part of this infrastructure they can utilise while keeping their transport costs to a minimum. Many companies only managed to start up or survive thanks to government aid, and this is not likely to change a great deal in future. This applies all the more if services of general interest, public services in other words, are considered as part of the economy. Although those services are vital to the well-being of people and the conservation of our environment, they are, in many cases, running at a constant loss. Only nepotism, the giving of government funding to business connections, should be prevented. My colleague, Mr Herzog, as rapporteur, has stated all of this in a slightly less emphatic way, but has tabled sound proposals in order at least to bring the figures more on a par, to increase the ceiling for amounts that have to be declared to EUR 200 000, to adopt an active, regional policy in areas of the Czech Republic and Poland with a strong steel industry, to abolish the inspection of aid to services of general interest and to give Parliament more control over policy. The right-wing elements in this House will do everything in their power to obstruct this process."@en1

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