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"Yet another summit serving private interests. In Stockholm, the fate of Macedonia would appear to have been dealt with in a few minutes. Farmers must make do with European ‘solidarity’ to cope with foot-and-mouth disease and rule out a return to the vaccination programme, cancelled a few years ago to save money. This time financial services emerge as the great victors. Between now and 2003 a single market in securities will be established to allow a few profiteers to speculate in shares and bonds. So, in the utmost opacity, financial dealings are encouraged and will revolve even more rapidly in the hands of a few industrialists, playing with the fate of millions of employees in passing.
We demand, at European level, suspension of banking confidentiality, opening of account books, and transparency in all operations. That would be an effective means of combating money laundering and controlling the financial enterprises of companies, like Danone and Marks and Spencer, which persist in sacking people while making record profits.
Finally, the private operators have obtained confirmation of the liberalisation of juicy public services – the post office, electricity and gas. Current social mobilisation calls for another type of summit, to bring together the efforts to ensure the establishment of a high quality European public service that responds to the fundamental needs of the peoples."@en1
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