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Like the great majority of my fellow Members, I voted in favour of the Ferber report, that is, in favour of the total, controlled, liberalisation of postal services on 1 January 2011.
Indeed, the compromise adopted today responds to two dynamics that are dear to me as a liberal: that of an open market economy that is incompatible with de facto and de jure built monopolies, and that of the specific interests of consumers, who must benefit from genuine and fair competition, chiefly in terms of price, but not just price!
For there is another major element: the human dimension. I welcome the fact that the vote, this lunchtime, has taken account of the human dimension through the introduction of a social regulation clause, the reaffirmation of the crucial role played by postal services in terms of social and territorial cohesion and the last word being given to the Member States where the funding of the universal service is concerned.
These are so many positive signals that should reassure European post office workers, and also make it possible to dispel the confusion skilfully maintained by certain Members on the left: liberalising a sector does not mean privatising it; this European directive does not mean closing post offices!"@en1
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