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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in my opinion, the rapporteur, Mr Turchi, and the Committee on Budgets have done an excellent job, adapting the Commission’s proposal to make it a better response to our main problem, which has been the excessive backlog. The innovations already mentioned by Mr Turchi such as the increase of cofinancing to 20% and the fixing of a deadline of 10 years within which projects must be completed should been seen in this light. I also feel it is significant that the Galileo project and the telecommunications and energy network projects have been included in the new regulation, and I welcome the emphasis placed on rail transport as the priority sector, not least with a view to sustainability.
However, despite the good work that has been carried out, the need remains for a more thorough revision of both the underlying objectives and the operating mechanisms of the entire complex ‘networks’ operation. Indeed, the trans-European networks are very closely linked to the revision of the cohesion policy and enlargement. We socialists call for a major debate on these three challenges, involving everybody and discussing the real purpose behind the networks, which is to reduce the imbalances within the Union and prevent further enlargement of the Union turning Europe into a huge engine – northern Europe – towing a heavy carriage – southern Europe – along behind it."@en1
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