Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-14-Speech-2-349"

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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	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060214.28.2-349"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-14-Speech-2-3502
lpv:speaker	lp:József Szájer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2004-09-16--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Some say that a watered-down directive is still better than nothing. However, this is not true, because there is a limit beyond which we are no longer helping the free provision of services, but creating further obstacles in its way. Unfortunately, a few amendment proposals submitted last week are doing just this. If we vote for them, we will destroy the essence of this proposal. We have a lot to lose, because in the past decades the European Court of Justice has repeatedly protected the rights of service providers against restricting attempts made by Member States. If we now accept a directive full of new obstacles that are conflicting with the spirit and letter of the founding Treaties of the European Union, we cannot hope that the Lisbon Programme, intending to create jobs and new European growth, would be successful, because we would actually restrict this market for another 30 years. The new Member States have already opened their capital and goods markets a few years ago. This was not an easy decision. We, too, could have said that our economies were too weak and unfit for competition. This is why many of us, MEPs from new Member States, are shocked to see that now, when we should be jointly opening the services market, several old Member States with a strong economy are hesitating. Ladies and gentlemen, it is now your turn. Will you stand by one of the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union, or not? A strong Services Directive would be good for small and medium enterprises, it would be good for old and new Member States, and it would be good for all the citizens of Europe. Fellow Members, let us wipe out from the draft all endeavours restricting a free services market! We, Hungarians, can only support a directive that does more than preserving the Treaty of Rome principle concerning free services in name only."@en1

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