Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-04-Speech-2-153"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress of the 12 candidate countries in 2000 (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010904.7.2-153"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-04-Speech-2-1542
lpv:speaker	lp:Per Stenmarck2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, investments in roads, railways and other forms of infrastructure are among the most important that can be made in the countries of the old Central and Eastern Europe. Anyone who takes a bird’s eye view of Europe can see very clearly where the old borders between East and West run. This means that the EU and the EU’s Member States have a lot to gain from contributing to investment in better road and rail networks in the candidate countries and from ensuring that these are linked together with the networks in the rest of Europe. For a country such as Poland, which the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism has studied from a transport point of view, that is quite obvious. Poland is far and away the largest of the candidate countries and, in the last ten years, it has invested extensively in improvements in roads and railways. We often talk in East-West terms within the EU but, where a country such as Poland is concerned, it is probably just as important to see the issues from a north-south perspective. Poland is now already one of the most important countries in Europe when it comes to transport between North and South in Europe. Clearly integrating Poland into the EU’s transport system is the same as broadening the waistline of Europe. North-South transport would obtain a wider range of possible transit routes. This would ease the burden on Germany, which is something positive – especially from an environmental point of view – and it would also increase competition, which is good for trade. On the day when Poland, together with other candidate countries around the Baltic, becomes a member of the EU, we shall also jointly be able to make greater demands in terms both of marine safety and of the management of the sensitive environment in the Baltic. There is therefore a lot to be gained from Poland’s becoming a member of the EU once the negotiations have been successfully completed."@en1

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