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"Mr President, allow me to begin by offering my thanks to the rapporteur, Mr Atkins, for a powerful presentation, to the Commission for making this issue one of its priorities and to the Commissioner responsible, Mrs De Palacio, for daring to translate words into action. This has meant that the question of a single air traffic control has, in a short time, come closer to a solution perhaps than ever before. Of course, there still remains much to be done. In particular, a number of reluctant Member States need to be convinced, but that is precisely why it is so incredibly important for the European Parliament to give the Commission its full support today for the continuation of the work. We are, of course, in the middle of yet another chaotic summer for flights.
The development we are now seeing will result in a doubling of air traffic in the years following 2010. This assumes that we have had the necessary political decisions. Otherwise we not only run the risk of congestion in the air leading in the future to 15, 30 or 60 minutes’ delay, which we can perhaps put up with, but are also in danger of no longer being certain of ensuring safety. This is something we must never put up with. It is in this light that Mr Atkins’ report and the Commission’s presentation must be seen. The EU has spent a considerable amount of time and energy on tearing down borders and creating a single market. Everyone who travels a mile up in the air – and we are there quite often – can nevertheless see that there are borders everywhere. The report lays down an extremely tight timetable. I share this ambition. Let us together ensure that the summer of 2000 is the last summer with chaos in the skies over Europe. The Commission can actually achieve this with the help of the Atkins report."@en1
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