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Post Office Closures
March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Editor
Daily Telegraph
London
Sir
You continue to report post office closures (17 March) as if there were something we could do about them.
It has long since been established that the EU’s Treaty of Amsterdam 1997, signed for Britain by Tony Blair, is the primary cause. For those who want the detail, go to Section 2, Articles 87-89. Our British parliament now has to ask the permission of Brussels to subsidise public services, including post offices. Such permission as exists is limited in terms of both cash and time.
In 2011 Britain’s postal services will be open to full competition regardless of the social and rural consequences. In a written answer to one of my many questions, the Dutch Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said : “The Commission has not been involved in decisions concerning post office closures. It is entirely aware of the importance of the public services provided by both Royal Mail and [the] Post Office. The Commission is convinced that consumers can continue to enjoy these services while also reaping the benefits of a more competitive market in this sector as they do in others.”
In other words, the EU decides and each nation state then enforces the decision. In Brussels jargon this is called “shared management”. It allows each side to avoid blame for the consequences.
I invited Mrs Kroes to come and see the effects of post office closures for herself. She did not reply.
Ashley Mote MEP
Independent, SE England
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