Indførelsen og opretholdelsen af forsyningspligtydelser udgør et af de bærende elementer i den europæiske udviklingsmodel, eftersom de inden for markedsøkonomiske rammer - eller snarere en social markedsøkonomisk ramme - sikrer, at visse grundlæggende rettigheder fredes totalt.
The real problem here concerns the sharing of competences between the EU and the Member States. In this regard, however, a ‘ framework directive ’ defining ‘ good government in the area (…) of services of general interest ’, a motion backed by the Left in this House, is absolutely unacceptable to the real defenders of public service: those who reject the pervading demagogy and support a Europe of nations, because it would end up communising public services.