Schroder's U-turn on services dismays business

mkpdavies · 05-02-2005, 10:36 AM

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3f28de2a-77...00e2511c8.html

Quote:

Germany has joined France in asking the European Commission to rethink ambitious plans to open the services sector to cross-border competition.

The move is a surprising U-turn for Gerhard Schröder, the German chancellor and hitherto a vocal supporter for the liberalisation of the Europe Union's services sector. It could scupper hopes of member states reaching an agreement on the legislation this year.

The EU project comes another step closer to failure. Each of the countries is closing ranks and trying to protect it's own interests now. The EU is an ideal that will never work and that is the bottom line.

Not getting INTO phpbb_the Euro was smart on Britains behalf, thanks to the British people not wanting it. Our polititians would have sold us out years ago, if they thought they could have got away with it.

We need to pull free ASAP to make sure we don't suffer the catastophic collapse of this house of cards!

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