Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-03-Speech-3-082"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-05-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trans-European networks (1998 Annual Report)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000503.5.3-082"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-03-Speech-3-0832
lpv:speaker	lp:Helena Torres Marques2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I should like to congratulate Mr Hatzidakis on his excellent report. Trans-European networks are essential for the completion of the internal market, but also for the economic and social cohesion of the European Union. The Commission’s report on the implementation of the trans-European networks in 1998 outlines, in general terms, the results of the financial implementation of the priorities that were established, such as rail transport to exceed the 50% minimum that had been laid down. This is a good sign. It is nevertheless important to analyse these figures country by country and not just in aggregate, because the same approach should be adopted in every region. The implementation of investments by sector may seem appropriate but the same cannot be said about other aspects that are worth pointing out and on which I would like to hear Commissioner de Palacio’s opinion. Firstly, the need for investment in the trans-European networks that compensates for the decrease seen during the 1990s, not just by increasing appropriations, but also through the participation of the private sector and through the use of Eurobonds. Secondly, the adoption of fundamental measures which will stimulate progress in the seven specific projects still experiencing difficulties, so that their completion can be scheduled and the necessary work accomplished. Thirdly, that in future reviews of the trans-European networks, greater importance is attached to the access of the remote regions to the central regions and to island regions. To conclude, I should like to stress the fact that economic and social cohesion is not compatible with the Commission’s working proposals on this matter for 2000, because by seeking to concentrate investment in existing bottlenecks, we would be favouring the central regions, to the detriment of remote regions, such as Portugal, which are obviously the regions with the greatest need for transport networks that bring them closer to more highly-developed areas."@en1

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