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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, I actually think it is a shame that you have had to invest so much time and energy in this issue, because as Mr Blokland said, we are spending all our time looking back at regulations from the seventies instead of looking to the future. I think that is a particularly sorry state of affairs. We must bring the new standard into force as soon as possible. It is in our interests to do so, but what we are lacking is commitment on the part of the Americans. That much is clear.
They have not given us their commitment, that is what makes us so suspicious. They have given it to us so often. On so many occasions they have half committed themselves and then backed off again, and so on and so forth. As far as I am concerned it is clear that the suspicion derives from the Americans’ lack of willingness to commit themselves to something that is inevitable. Only when they actually sign on the dotted line to this effect will we in the Union be able to help to move the situation on. We should not turn things round.
Yesterday we had a talk with the American Minister for Transport. It was my impression at this meeting, that in common with ourselves, Mr Slater is of the opinion that the hushkits are an issue of secondary importance which stands in the way of far more important issues, and that we must put this matter to bed as swiftly as possible. But there is a huge amount of suspicion on their side too. And so I think that it is time for a clear signal; but it must come from them in the first instance. What we need to hear from them is that they want to find a solution, not behind closed doors somewhere, but officially, on paper. It is not acceptable for them to ask us to defer our own regulations. Their future commitment depends on whether or not we are willing to defer. The complaint they have filed with the ICAO is in fact uncalled-for blackmail. I believe they should withdraw it. Mr Hatzidakis has said that it should be withdrawn and you have said that we should defer. I have tabled an amendment to the effect that they should definitely withdraw the complaint. I think we need to word what we currently have on paper a little more strongly. What
worthy of admiration, in my view, Commissioner, is that you are presently taking the same line as Parliament and, it would seem, the Council. That being the case, I think our position is stronger than that of the Americans at the moment, and we must do all we can to keep things that way as far as possible."@en1
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