Allow me to make a few short rema
rks. On services of general interest in particular, I will say clearly that we should take specific national circumstances into account, because it is tr
ue that some of our fellow citizens are a little alarmed – I am thinking, for example, of the French – when they feel, wrongly, that Europe is endangering the public services which are a French tradition. Likewise, in relation to public contracts, we should take account of individual circumstances, and especially of those which allow for collaboration
...[+++]between several public authorities.