01-10-2017, 21:25
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2017, 21:26 by hibeejim21.)
Nope. Article 345 makes it quite clear nationalisation can be allowed.
EU law means that all industries must be open to competition BUT that doesn’t mean that the state cannot own these industries. All of the mechanics of railways companies, such as assets, budgets and accounts, must be kept separate from the state. The provider of the rail infrastructure must have clearly separate accounts from those in the passenger service.
But this has been no impediment to the state’s ownership of rail passenger and infrastructure services across Europe. All these countries do is establish holding companies for which they provide the funding..... like in france and germany.
In short there is plenty of leeway for labour to enact their plans and stay in the single market...should they want to.
EU law means that all industries must be open to competition BUT that doesn’t mean that the state cannot own these industries. All of the mechanics of railways companies, such as assets, budgets and accounts, must be kept separate from the state. The provider of the rail infrastructure must have clearly separate accounts from those in the passenger service.
But this has been no impediment to the state’s ownership of rail passenger and infrastructure services across Europe. All these countries do is establish holding companies for which they provide the funding..... like in france and germany.
In short there is plenty of leeway for labour to enact their plans and stay in the single market...should they want to.