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Leaving aside Eurostar (which is anyway not in competition with the ferries, but with short-haul airlines), the problem to me seems not that there is too much, or unfair, competition on the short sea route, but there is none whatsoever on the tunnel route. One service operator, who is owned by the infrastructure operator, and who gets subsidised power from EDF in France. That would be like P&O owning the ports of Dover and Calais and not allowing anyone else to sail between them. This, to me, has always been the elephant in the room. Other operators ought to be able to run shuttles through the tunnel. Problem is, the barriers to entry are just too high, and with the tunnel owning the trains, it would be a fool who made such an investment. Instead of forcing MFL off the water, the competition authorities should be making Eurotunnel break up their vertically integrated structure, sell off the shuttle business (to P&O? Stagecoach? Virgin?) and announce a common tariff for other shuttle operators. Then, and only then, will we have a level playing field. That, I think, would be common sense. Oh, but we are talking about Brussels. Sorry I forgot.