Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-20-Speech-3-041"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-03-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of European Council (Barcelona, 15/16 March 2002)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020320.5.3-041"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-20-Speech-3-0422
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, first of all, I should like to welcome the statement from Barcelona with regard to the Middle East and I trust that the intentions and ideas put forward there will be followed up by intensive diplomatic activity on the part of the European Union. Could I remind my colleague, Jonathan Evans, that the decision in Lisbon was for the most competitive European economy in the world based on social inclusion, social cohesion and territorial cohesion. We all know that the market on its own will not deliver social justice for the people of Europe. It simply cannot and never will do it. We know that despite the ideology purveyed by the Tories in the United Kingdom who have lost two elections in a row based on their approach to the economy and the people of the United Kingdom. My response to Barcelona is one of relief that the hype about liberalisation and privatisation was in fact just hype, that the balance of political power on the Council still remains with the centre-left, with the common sense to know that the people of Europe want a social Europe as well as a market Europe, and that the balance between social policy and economic policy, of employment policy and sustainability needs to be maintained. I welcome the fact that the Council in Barcelona recognised that reality. I wanted to specifically welcome one particular aspect, namely the commitment to a directive for a framework for public services. This is a critical area for delivering a people's Europe. We know the people of Europe want high-quality public services, we know they want them at an affordable price and they want them delivered universally. The companies who operate universal public services and the Member States have a responsibility to ensure that they are delivered and that the workers in these companies have legal certainty. The Commission, Council and Parliament know what needs to be in a framework document of that kind. So why does it need to be put off until December? In my view, it should be brought forward in Seville. My final point relates to the call on the Commission to produce a regulation for a block exemption for services of general interest in the event that the European Court may find such support for services of general interest to be in breach of competition law. Why do we not bring that regulation forward immediately and not have our hands forced? We should do it now while we have the time and the calm to do it and, as I say, guarantee the services we need in Europe."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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