Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-02-Speech-1-047"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, the number of road accidents within the EU is unacceptably high. That certainly applies to the tens of thousands who lose their lives on the roads and the hundreds of thousand who are injured in road accidents every year.
Certainly in those cases, but even if there is only material damage, the suffering should not be exacerbated by endless tugs-of-war with the insurance companies.
As cross-border transport, both in the freight and in the private sector, increases, so do the problems in obtaining motor vehicle insurance cover. Mr Rothley has specified these in his report and, in doing so, has underlined the need for something to be done.
While number plates now bear the European emblem, indicating the Member State inside the circle of stars, in many cases the number plate provides no information. Cars brought back from another Member State retain their old number plate for far too long while, on the other hand, it is made unnecessarily difficult to retain the number plate temporarily in another Member State.
As far as the minimum cover for legal liability is concerned, I share the rapporteur’s view that it is high time it went up. Unfortunately, it seems that EUR 2 million will be needed in practice to cover the damages in virtually all cases.
I therefore support the appeal to the Commission in the draft resolution to send a proposal to Parliament this autumn. This period may be brief, but the rapporteur has already provided the blueprint for the proposal in this report."@en1
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