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"Guaranteeing public services of high quality and accessible to all citizens is a vital component of the European social model. Public services meet the daily needs of Europeans and play an important role in ensuring equal opportunities and respect for fundamental rights. The European Commission is seeking to simplify the State aid rules applicable to services of general economic interest, including public transport management, the supply of water and heating, the construction of social housing and the provision of postal services. The introduction of simplified legislative rules in this area would reduce the administrative burden on public authorities. However, future reform must not jeopardise universal access to services which mitigate the social impact of the economic crisis, thereby protecting the vulnerable, under the pretext of making processes more efficient. A narrower definition of the category of services of general economic interest and the establishment of low thresholds for the volume of compensation permitted would facilitate the liberalisation of public services, and the liberalisation of public services does mean sacrificing the rights of citizens and deepening economic inequalities."@en1
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