Services directive will make real difference to business
Commenting on the passage of the services directive by the European Parliament, a spokesman for Business for New Europe said:
“The directive is a significant step for economic dynamism in Europe. This historic measure will make a real difference to business.
The gains from unleashing free market forces in the services sector will be immense. The directive will enable a British management consultancy to serve clients in Finland or a
Hungarian advertising company to offer services to German clients. The result will be an increase in economic relationships across Europe.
Services liberalisation will form a cornerstone of an effective single market. Furthermore the measure is important for the European economy but not only that. It symbolises the changing nature of the EU and in particular, the European Commission.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
1. BNE’s aim is to support the UK’s active engagement in Europe, and a reformed, enlarged and free-market EU.
2. BNE’s principles are as follows:
- We support the UK’s membership of the EU and oppose withdrawal to the margins; we support positive and constructive engagement with the EU as the only sensible approach and as vital to our national interests.
- We support a vision of a prosperous free-market Europe able to compete in a globalised world.
- We support economic liberalisation and oppose excessive EU regulation, centralisation and red tape.
- We support institutional reform, further cooperation between EU member states where it is in Britain's interests and oppose old-fashioned federalism.
- We support the enlargement of the EU including Turkey, and recognise the benefits that the recent wave of enlargement have brought.
3. BNE is run on a day-to-day basis by Zaki Cooper (Director), whom is supported by Roland Rudd (Chairman) and Sir Stephen Wall and Sir Michael Jay (Vice-Chairs).
4. For further information about Business for New Europe, see www.bnegroup.org or contact +44 (0) 207 256 6575, +44 (0) 7787 513 864, press@bnegroup.org
