European Parliament
Gunnar Hökmark  (PPE ),
blue-card answer
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to develop my message. First of all, monopolies of any kind are bad and harmful to the economy – I hope you agree with me on that – all monopolies, public monopolies as well as private monopolies. One of the main aims of a good and well functioning market economy is to get rid of that and open up opportunities for everyone, to offer new alternatives.
My second important point is that the market economy is social, because everywhere you get investments, new growth, new jobs, you will see social security. That is exactly what Ludwig Erhard once said and that is the way we should proceed.

