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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robert Atkins has, in my view, compiled a sound report. He clearly indicated the direction we need to take, because we find ourselves in an absurd situation where we have a unified market for aviation but over and above that, we have an airspace, which has been divided up in an illogical manner. A number of MEPs have already described the effects of that. It is obvious that, if we want a single sky, we need to make investments, as the report clearly states. Thousands of people need to be recruited and investments made in technical infrastructure. As such, it is clear that money has to be earmarked for this. It also means, and I believe that this aspect is more complex, that political decisions need to be taken very quickly. And in reality, these can only go in one direction. We need to tackle the issue at European level. We are all agreed that Member States need to finally decide for themselves what they want do. National airline services also need to realise that their time is up, that we need to lift services to European level rather than national, as this is the root of the evil, if I can put it that way.
Needless to say, services need to come first, because air-traffic control does not exist in isolation. It is a service to airline companies and its customers. People sometimes overlook this aspect and only focus on their own patch. If we talk about services within a unified market, this means, of course, that monopolies are then a thing of the past, that we need clear European legislation and that we must move away from monopolies in the service industry. We are all agreed on this, and I therefore hope that we can make good progress. An important point, as Mr Watts has already pointed out, is safety. Nobody should compromise on safety. As such, Commissioner, what matters more than anything is that once the high-level group has published its findings in October, we need to receive proposals from yourself as quickly as possible. I do not think that this will cause any problems for you. Then, everyone will need to put pressure on the Council of Ministers, Member States will need to take decisions that need to be taken and take the course which we have indicated a few times in the European Parliament and which is once again highlighted in Sir Robert Atkins’ report."@en1
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