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"Mr President, we must back a transport system in Europe that makes high demands in terms of the environment and safety. I therefore wish to thank the Commission and the rapporteur for the work that has been done on the White Paper. We are now emphasising even more clearly what we want to achieve in terms of the environment and safety. I appreciate our now being able to make a start on this work.
I also appreciate, and completely support, the proposals to transfer freight from roads to railways and the sea. That is important. We must, however, remember that roads are of very great importance in certain parts of the EU, for example in the sparsely populated and peripheral regions. The various forms of transport must therefore complement one another. It is a great challenge to create a transport system in the EU because Europe does not constitute a homogeneous geographical area. We must therefore take account of different conditions, and trans-European networks are very important. It is important to create TEN corridors. If we invest in east-west TEN corridors, we can relieve the pressure on the central regions with their very high traffic density. There are advantages to backing trans-European networks.
The rapporteur has very clearly succeeded in emphasising the importance of the peripheral regions and the regions characterised by long distances. The report sees increased account being taken of these aspects. I nonetheless have a number of points to make. I agree that we have great investment needs and that we must use trans-European networks. When it comes to item 79, I am able to accept the proposal that the Commission conduct a study concerning the development of new methods of funding major infrastructure projects.
With regard to the proposal for a road safety authority, I take it that such an authority would have the task of encouraging constructive schemes, have a bottom-up perspective and promote cooperation at different levels. We must improve road safety in the EU. We are now awaiting the Commission’s third road safety programme and have been doing so for a long time. I hope that it will be in place soon."@en1
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