21-05-2003: European Commission launches a broad debate on the future of services of general interest in Europe

On the basis of a Green Paper adopted today the European Commission intends to stimulate a discussion on the role of the European Union in promoting the provision of high-quality public services. It is the first time that the Commission has launched a full review of its policies relating to services of general interest. In its Green Paper, the Commission recognises that there is a need for an open debate on the overall role of the Union for defining the objectives of general interest that are pursued by those services and on the way they are organised, financed and evaluated.
 

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