Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-13-Speech-2-029"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Services of general interest2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040113.2.2-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-13-Speech-2-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Georges Berthu2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-01-31--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2000-11-23--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the rapporteur, Mr Herzog, is unhappy with the amended version of his report on services of general interest that was adopted in committee, and this is understandable to some extent, because, irrespective of political positions, the text of the report is not very coherent. Numerous paragraphs are contradictory. For example, while paragraph 36 calls for the adoption of a framework directive establishing common European rules, paragraph 20 strongly condemns the selfsame approach. For our part – and here we differ from the rapporteur – we believe that the framework directive, which was the idea of the last French Presidency, would only serve to divest the Member States of essential regulatory powers, as the services in question are closely linked to the unique character of each society. Moreover, it would be too generalised, would be inapplicable to any individual case and would create endless difficulties. These are very delicate problems and should be solved by each government at the closest possible level to the people in the framework of the national democratic system. In this respect I am, moreover, only half surprised that the Left is nailing its colours to the mast of centralisation and enforced uniformity here. For the same reason we are opposed to Article III-6 of the draft European constitution, whereby European law, in other words the legislative decisions of the majority in the Council and the majority in Parliament, would be able to define the principles and conditions applicable to services of general economic interest. If this article were adopted, it would very soon have adverse repercussions on the freedom of choice of our national democracies and on subsidiarity."@en1

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