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The two reports from the Conciliation Committee on the development of the Community’s railways and on the licensing of railway undertakings express satisfaction that a compromise has been reached which will open rail-borne freight transport completely to the private sector in 2008 at the latest. This compromise paves the way for new proposals for the liberalisation of the remainder of the railway system, namely passenger services.
The recent tragic accidents in England, however, and the many accidents on privatised networks, such as the German network, are constant emphatic reminders of the damage that is done by privatising this public service.
And to claim that opening rail transport to the private sector will resolve the social chaos resulting from the fact that goods are largely transported by road is deceitful, to say the least. For decades, rail services have been withdrawn in all parts of Europe for the benefit of the private road-haulage and bus companies. Today, with the road networks on the brink of suffocation, some sources of private capital are turning to the railways in search of new profits, aided and abetted by both the European authorities and the national governments.
Neither the users of public rail services nor the general population have anything to gain from privatising these services. The same applies to railway workers, who protest and campaign against deregulation and privatisation and their ravaging effects on jobs and working conditions. It goes without saying that we are solidly behind these workers and their unions in their condemnation of these abominations.
For this reason we have voted against these two reports."@en1
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