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"I should first like to endorse what Mr Rack said. It is worth pointing out that in this House we devote the hours of daylight to making fine-sounding statements, and then late at night we get down to changing legislation which impacts on everyday life in Europe. I would like to reverse this order so we debate legal provisions in the full light of day with a good attendance.
It would be delightful to debate and delight in Mr Jarzembowski’s excellent report if it were not for the fact that it cannot be debated in a vacuum. The context is crucial, and it involves more than French animosity towards Polish plumbers, butchers or bakers. There is also the matter of resistance to the Services Directive or delocalisation within the Union. Small undertakings in local European markets are being driven out to make way for a cavalcade of European locomotives transporting thousands of passengers who will pay for their tickets in euro, not in zlotys. We are supposed to be delighted about this, because after all we are supposed to be in favour of opening the market, are we not?
There is another context to bear in mind too, namely the technical state of Polish railways. We have not had the time or the money to make up for years of neglect. It is a foregone conclusion that we shall lose out in the liberalisation of transport. It is a battle in which we are bound to have to beat retreat. Once again, we are supposed to do so with a smile on our faces, because after all we are supposed to be in favour of opening the market, are we not? Solidarity or at the very least, a reasonable balance, figure hardly at all in all this. Please excuse me, when I confess that I am still unsure how I will vote tomorrow."@en1
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