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"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Savary, firstly we should do this without a debate, but it is good to have a debate so as to spend some time highlighting all that has gone well. There was proper consultation. You requested proper consultation with the social partners, the railway sector, but you have also set an example yourselves by consulting everyone properly, with the consequence that we have a product with which we can do something.
What we are speaking about here is really a so-called railway package. Part one was the liberalisation, the deregulation of international transport which we spoke about last time. Part two is interoperability, in other words, that transport can take place between countries with different systems. Part three is still to come.
I already brought this matter up last time. As far as part three is concerned, we are of the opinion that the emissions standards and also the use of energy as regards the railway package need to be improved. We understand that this is not just the responsibility of this Commission and also that Commissioner Wallström is going to work hard at it in the near future. Everyone knows that the standards for trucks and lorries have been raised, in other words, the relative advantage for the railway is declining, and that also means that, assuming that this type of transport is better than others, you have to work at the emission standards.
I should just like to bring up a few other small points, small in a certain sense. What we are now going to see is that gigantic investments are necessary here. Gigantic investments – they have already been mentioned in recital nine – which are to be borne by both the government and the sector. The government, which means that at the same time we are dealing with another package, as has just been mentioned, of external costs. There will have to be a specific form of assistance to keep this sector at such a level that it is competitive on the one hand, but is supported on the other hand. That sounds like saying the same thing twice over but we should pay attention to it in our debates on the White paper.
The second thing I ask myself is whether there has been societal consideration and whether the Commission has studied the qualifications of people in the railway sector who are particularly needed in order to facilitate this interoperability. I am unaware as to whether this study has been released yet and what it has produced and what it is going to mean for the future. A specified language must be spoken. Which language are we going to speak? English, as in international shipping or aviation? So, will English also be the language of rail transport? If that is the case, I immediately propose that from that moment onwards, we only speak English in Parliament as well. That will make all communication very easy."@en1
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