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"Mr President, the process of building the common market based on the four freedoms – the free movement of people, goods, capital and services – is still an unfinished process, especially if we are thinking of the fourth freedom, the free movement of services, and we still have a very great deal to do. It is an extremely significant process, particularly at a time of sluggishness in the economy and in view of the economic crisis we are facing in Europe. Indeed, it is at a time of economic slowdown that we ought to talk about the merits of the common market, and perhaps then we will see the political will for which Mr Rochefort has appealed. I would like, for this reason, to congratulate the Bureau of the European Parliament for realising the importance of the matter and deciding to make the debate on these three reports a priority debate for this sitting of Parliament. My thanks and congratulations are also due to Mr Harbour, Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, for the effectiveness of his efforts in this regard. I would also like to congratulate the three rapporteurs for these three reports of such importance. I cannot but notice, however, a certain absurdity. In plenary today, we are discussing Mrs Thun’s report – an excellent report, I would like to add – but it is a report about the Internal Market Scoreboard for 2008. However, several days ago, the Commission published the Internal Market Scoreboard for 2009. I think this is another reason why, in future, the Commission should publish all four important reports monitoring the internal market at the same time. After all, the Internal Market Scoreboard, the Consumer Markets Scoreboard, the SOLVIT Report and the Citizens Signpost Service are all, in fact, about the same thing, and we should receive them at the same time. Finally, I would like to express support for the two main proposals contained in the Thun report. I support in full both the proposal to hold an annual internal market forum, as well as, and more importantly, the proposal of a compulsory test, the ‘internal market test’, which should accompany all European Commission proposals in future."@en1
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