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". Referring to the second rail package we have just voted on, Commissioner de Palacio said this morning that without liberalisation, we would soon be left with nothing but a railway museum. It is my belief that liberalisation would leave us with nothing but a cemetery filled with passengers! The Jarzembowski report advocates speeding up the liberalisation of both freight and passenger services. The report’s lack of realism and its relentless pursuit of ideas despite the evidence are frightening. In outlining his vision of liberalisation, the author has overlooked the time needed to alter structures and has totally neglected both the social and the human factors. Dreams outlined on paper, especially those concerning liberalisation, often turn into nightmares for those who have to implement them. The Sterckx report presents a vision of a standardised safety system achieved through harmonising rules and procedures and so on. Although this would be useful, unfortunately the report makes safety standards subject to profit imperatives and completely neglects the issue of working conditions. To prevent the liberalisation process leading to communication problems, railwaymen must communicate in terms everyone can understand, as is the case for air transport. I would have no objection to this if railwaymen were selected and paid in the same way as pilots are. This would actually be good news for all rail workers, but I doubt it could really happen. This being the case, I cannot support these two reports. I therefore voted against them."@en1

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