Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-28-Speech-4-129"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transport of dangerous goods by rail2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991028.3.4-129"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-28-Speech-4-1302
lpv:speaker	lp:Alain Krivine2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, if we want dangerous goods and materials to be transported primarily by rail, then it would seem necessary, as a matter of urgency, to establish requirements for the conditions for this. The fact is that the general population and the personnel working in this sector are being subjected to ever greater risk, and this is due to a number of reasons. Firstly, the privatisation of rail networks, particularly in all matters to do with their maintenance, presents serious problems for safety, with an increasing number of accidents occasionally causing real disasters in human terms, such as we have just seen in Great Britain. The need to make profits and competitivity are enshrined in European standards. They demand drastic reductions in costs, always to the detriment of the employees who nonetheless play an essential part in the field of maintenance and safety. This is done without any supervision. Neither officials, nor users, nor citizens are called upon to give their opinion. The diversity of the legislation within each State further complicates safety matters and increases the risk factor. As far as we are concerned, it is important for the principle of precaution and of maximum safety to have priority. This is true, particularly for the transportation of radioactive waste, which is dealt with in France with intolerable insouciance, particularly in the case at The Hague, with little respect for the health of railway workers and the general public. Today, then, it is a matter of urgency to put an end to privatisation, to increase staff levels, and to give these people proper training, to enforce compulsory budgets reserved for the maintenance and supervision thereof, to set up user/professional committees to supervise traffic, to enforce an official right of veto with regard to goods transfers when real risks are involved. This would make it possible to take preventative action rather than waiting for accidents to happen, as they will, more and more, if no action is taken involving the authorities and the general public."@en1

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