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Mr President, the postal directive should serve all consumers and particularly the needs of rural dwellers. The liberalisation of services very often benefits those in areas of dense population at the expense of consumers in less-populated areas.
As a Member of the European Parliament for the West and North-West of Ireland, I represent a predominantly rural constituency. In my experience, many directives over the years have had a negative impact on rural areas and rural development because they inadvertently or advertently benefited areas of high population where liberal policies were easier to follow.
The local post office in rural communities is a vital economic, social and cultural institution and the rights of rural dwellers to postal services cannot be ignored when framing liberalisation plans for those services in the EU. The provision of and access to such services is the essence of what sustainable rural development is all about.
It has to be highlighted that the opening-up of postal services does not always bring benefits in terms of an increased level of employment and I would ask the Commission to address this in a detailed study that will be given equality, efficiency and customer-orientation in the postal sector, particularly as regards those peripheral areas.
The intention behind the postal directive was good but, like all good intentions, the application was not so good. I would ask the Commission and the rapporteur to try and put in place a system of postal services that will be fair to all, a universal service."@en1
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