European Parliament
Iva Zanicchi  (PPE ),
in writing.
(IT)
It is now clear that the smooth functioning of the internal market and development of a modern, social market economy depends,
inter alia
, on the universal provision of affordable and easily accessible basic payment services: in this way, European consumers can benefit from the internal market, notably from freedom of movement, money transfer and the purchase of goods and services at reasonable transaction costs. I therefore voted in favour of Mr Klute’s report, so that the European institutions can set about taking regulatory measures to ensure access to basic banking services to the most EU citizens possible.

