Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-15-Speech-3-284"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mergers in the Internal Market (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060315.23.3-284"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-15-Speech-3-2852
lpv:speaker	lp:Ivo Belet2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2006-01-19--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams - Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; PETI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; CULT (2006-01-19--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, you know that very many eyes in Belgium are fixed on you at the moment. The general expectation is that you will tell the newly merged French groups Suez and Gaz de France in no uncertain terms that their position on a market as small as the Belgian one is untenably monopolistic. I know that your offices have not been officially told about the merger, but we do not believe that that means that you cannot, at this stage, send out a clear message to the effect that situations of that kind contravene European law, because the newly merged group is set to supply no less than 90% of the gas distributed in Belgium. I hope you can confirm that a company with a market concentration of that kind will be required to surrender a substantial share of its activities. Commissioner Kroes, you are the only guarantee the customer has, and I mean both private persons and industry, that they will not have to pay an unacceptably high price for their gas and electricity in future. You also have the power to restore public confidence in Europe, at least to some extent. You can do so by making it clear to those mammoth industrial groups that they are cashing in on liberalisation, that what they are doing is illegal and is in contravention of those competition rules. You have also said that soon, you will table fresh proposals in order to put an end to the concentration of power in the energy distribution. I would like to know if you can confirm that what you mean by that is that major producers will be required to relinquish their blocking capacity in distribution companies. I should like to finish off, Commissioner, by saying that you can write history by asserting your influence and spelling out that the European authorities are equal to these monster mergers. You have the reputation of being a tough cookie, and we would appreciate it if, in the next few weeks, you could give us reason to believe that that reputation is warranted."@en1

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