In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Q: Statement: Now European telecoms and communication bureaucrats spend their energies on blocking innovation and searching for ways to monopolize a new enterprise whose entire soul is decentralization. Choices: 1. European telecom and communication bureaucrats block innovation and monopolize a new enterprise. 2. European telecom an communication bureaucrats help innovation along. 3. European telecom and communication bureaucrats are generally a good thing, though some of their efforts slow down progress.
A:
1