Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-09-Speech-1-108"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Private and state undertakings in developing countries2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040209.7.1-108"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-09-Speech-1-1092
lpv:speaker	lp:Per-Arne Arvidsson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-10-24--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-10-23--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish to welcome the Communication from the Commission on the reform of state-owned enterprises in developing countries. I wish, however, at the same time to regret the generally negative attitude to free enterprise and private ownership that emerges in the draft report. The high living standards and prosperity achieved by the western world, Japan and Australia are not the results of monopoly and protectionism but of the free market economy’s and private enterprise’s many dynamic forces that promote development and prosperity. In Europe, this state of affairs has been particularly clear. Half our continent has tried another method involving centralised control and large state monopolies. The inefficiency and collapse of monopoly socialism in Europe has been the experience of many European peoples and has provided them with a bitter lesson. It is a lesson that we ought, indeed have an obligation to, pass on to countries that wish to construct democratic welfare societies. The developing countries must be given the same opportunity to develop and create an economic model involving free competition and an open market economy. It is not the EU’s task to try to prevent a development towards competition that will bring prosperity in its wake. It is not too much in the way of a market economy that has been the big problem in the developing countries. On the contrary, the problem has been too little in the way of free economies and too much in the way of monopolies, something that has led to mismanagement, corruption and stagnation. I fully share the view concerning people’s need for clean water, efficient drainage, elementary health care and medical treatment, basic education and access to energy. It is not, however, the form of ownership in itself that is the most important thing, but a high degree of flexibility and efficiency in delivering these services. Competition is very important in this area. The developing countries naturally need regulations that provide a legal framework, and perhaps this is an area in which the EU can be of great help to the developing countries. Current political solutions in many developing countries are, unfortunately, often ineffective and expensive and only reach a limited proportion of the population. Those developing countries that have succeeded in taking the step from poverty to wealth and prosperity have all given priority to competition and efficiency, not centralised state control and the building of monopolies."@en1

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