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Local governments adopt resolution on future of services of general interest - Leipzig, 4 April 2003
Local and regional governments met in Leipzig (Germany) on 3 and 4 April to discuss the future of services of general interest provided at local and regional level. The event was the occasion for the adoption of a local government resolution to the European institutions and the European Convention on this issue.
In it, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Eurocities and the German association of cities and towns (Deutscher Staetdetag) state that Services of General Interest (SGI) are most important for local and regional governments but are not part of the EC Treaty. They assert that, 'in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, ...
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