The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice . Already in December last year I said that we are at a crucial moment in the history of postal services. Recent developments in the postal market indicate that there is an evolution towards European and even global players. Major universal service providers are carrying out cross border acquisitions in the areas of parcels, transport and logistics. Furthermore, Royal Mail, TPG and Singapore Post have set up a joint venture in order to establish a global network for international business mail.
Postal companies get on a global track.
The market moves fast and the European legislator should not stay behind. We are close to another event that hopefully will reinforce the process of market opening in the postal sector. The Stockholm Council at the end of this week should strengthen the promises made at Lisbon one year ago. It s about time that words are also followed by action. Since Lisbon we have seen a number of achievements in some of the sectors that were identified in Lisbon for accelerated liberalisation.