...the fear is that in promoting an internal market that gives commercial providers more transborder opportunities, the…directive will dilute governments’ power to regulate businesses operating on their territories, protect the public sector, and guarantee service access and quality.

There is apprehension regarding this assertion by the EC, since, if the directive becomes law, it will significantly impinge on states’ ability to regulate firms operating in this sector within their own borders.

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