Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-30-Speech-4-114"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020530.6.4-114"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-30-Speech-4-1152
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". This report is partly pre-empting the White Paper on the European transport policy that will be on the agenda soon. The report largely deals with the choice between the environment and well-being on the one hand and maximum company profits and the individualism of the privileged on the other. If we want to serve the environment and well-being, we must limit the unnecessary transportation of trade supplies and ensure that the remaining transportation of people and goods takes place by car and by aircraft as little as possible. There will then be every reason to invest selectively in modernising long-distance railway traffic and in removing bottlenecks on neglected waterways. Anyone who wants to serve the privileged, however, will opt for more and larger airports and for more and wider motorways. I thought it was positive that the European Commission, more so than in the past, was inclined to give priority to the environment, physical planning and protection against nuisance. A majority in the European Parliament are now trying to undo this by demanding that more investments be made and that rail and water not be given preferential treatment over road traffic and aviation. The upshot of this will be that we will soon have an overcapacity of motorways and airports, with the sole aim of enabling companies to repeatedly choose between the transport modalities that are most advantageous to them at the time."@en1

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