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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services (continuation of the debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060214.28.2-342"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-14-Speech-2-3432
lpv:speaker	lp:Manuel Medina Ortega2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-02-02--2007-06-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I believe that Mrs Wallis hit the nail on the head when she said that the Commission has worked badly on this issue. At the end of the last legislature, they suddenly presented us with a piece of legislation equivalent to the entire package that Delors had prepared for the liberalisation of goods between 1988 and 1992. Furthermore, this proposed directive from the Commission does not even deal with the liberalisation of services, because the central issue is the liberalisation of the labour market. That is to say, Article 16, in relation to the principle of country of origin, is not going to liberalise services; its intention is to liberalise the labour market, because there are certain concessions made by the then Commissioner that run counter to social protection, environmental protection and consumer protection. This Parliament has therefore had great difficulty: it has taken us two years of work. The main rapporteur, Mrs Gebhardt, has worked extremely hard, as have the shadow rapporteurs, including Mrs Van Lancker. I believe, however, that Parliament is currently on the point of presenting a genuine directive on the liberalisation of services. It must not be mixed up with the labour issue, which is causing so much argument at the moment. The proposed services directive, which I believe will be approved on Thursday as a result of the agreement between the two big political groups, is now going to enable services to be liberalised, in accordance with normal procedures. We must remember that we already have areas in which services have been liberalised. Services have been liberalised in relation to transport, communications, audiovisual transmissions and professional activities. We must continue along this route. If this directive is approved by the Council — and, as Mr Stubb said, I hope that the Commission will approve the European Parliament's proposals — it will actually enable services to be liberalised. Furthermore, one of the amendments introduced calls upon the Commission, in agreement with social actors, to present concrete proposals for the liberalisation of services within five years. If the Commission approves Parliament’s amendments, the Council could agree to it and we could see the beginning of a genuine liberalisation of services."@en1

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