As we all remember,
we started off from positions very far apart, opposing positions in some cases, and we – Parliament, Council and Commission – succeeded in reaching a compromise which we feel will be genuinely capable of caterin
g for even the most radical demands, which some of the Members have upheld this evening, while satisfying a further, absolutely imperative demand which we endorse and support, namely the need to liberalise the public services in the interests of the citizens and consumers, and this is not a whim or
part ...[+++] of a general liberalisation trend.