Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-13-Speech-2-162"
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"Mr President, I believe that public transport is incredibly important for Europeans in both towns and sparsely populated areas. In this vote, I am therefore going to support the basic ideas behind the committee’s proposal, which I believe points in the direction of better public transport.
However, I oppose many of the simplistic statements made about tendering. Our experience from Sweden shows that tendering can be very good. Account can be taken of the environment and of social considerations, safety regulations can be established and a good relationship can be enjoyed with the social partners. As a prerequisite, politicians must have responsibility for the tendering and establish these criteria openly. That is possible, as is shown by experience from Sweden. We should be able to get rid of many of the simplistic statements about tendering.
As I say, I am prepared to support the basic idea that regions and administrative districts should have freedom of choice. I also believe that it will, in practice, emerge that tendering can be used because it saves money that can be used for other purposes within the framework of public expenditure.
Finally, I want to say that I do not believe that the rule of reciprocity referred to in the committee’s report should operate at European level."@en1
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