Thread: [Merged] The Europe Thread
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Old 23-06-2004, 14:09   #123
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Re: [Merged] The Europe Thread
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Originally Posted by towny
<snip>Telecoms is an interesting one though. Given the 80s Tory policy of privatising everything in sight, can deregulation of telecoms in the UK really be attributed to the EU? Did we not get there first, or if we didn't, would we not have done it shortly afterwards anyway?
The 80s tory policy has been seen as a template for the rest of europe. It has indicated what should and will work in a privatised environment (Rail, Telco), what shoudl work (Gas, Electric, Water) though needs sufficient price control that infrastructure repair and investment is possible, and what does not work - Rail - or at least does not work in the model used.
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