For over a century, the European states have established public postal services that worked in more or less acceptable fashion until criteria of public service began to give way to those of profitability.
De europæiske stater har i over et århundrede drevet offentlige posttjenester, der fungerede nogenlunde tilfredsstillende, indtil man begyndte at erstatte kriterierne om offentlig tjeneste med kriterierne om rentabilitet.