Brussels, 01/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - Laurent Ghékiere, the French L'Union sociale pour l'habitat's delegate to the EU has listed five reasons to exclude the Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) from the field of application from the draft directive on services in the internal market (the “Bolkestein directive”, which the Barroso Commission is prepared to amend).
These reasons include: the need for the political debate on the Community structure for SGEI and social services of...