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At the plenary session from 14^th to 17^th of February 2011 in Strasbourg, post-persons from France, Germany and Portugal came to the European Parliament to ask the deputies to sign the written declaration WD94/2010. In personal talks, meetings and by distributing post cards in the corridors of the European Parliament, post persons in postal uniforms tried to convince MEPs from all countries and all political groups to save postal services in Europe.



This written declaration is aimed to ensure that there is ongoing discussion on the problems with postal market liberalisation within the European institutions. The liberalisation will have enormous effects on the postal sector and the social consequences in already liberalised countries show that Trade Unions, governments and incumbent postal operators have to prepare themselves very carefully to safeguard minimum social standards and avoid social dumping in the sector. Therefore it is important that the European Commission supports the countries in this process and give countries more time to prepare.



With personal stories, the post persons tried to explain to MEPs their all-day work and the challenges they are faced in the future. As elected representatives of European citizens, it should be the duty of the members of the European Parliament to listen to the concerns of postal workers and support them wherever they can. To encourage the MEPs to support postal workers, these personal stories and explanation what is going on exactly in the postal sector is crucial for their support