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"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Nicholson, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, I should like to thank the rapporteur for his good work, which has resulted in a balanced report. I had therefore hoped that the Commissioner would arrive in Strasbourg by aeroplane today, but I believe that she just came by car. That is a shame. One could ask oneself whether that is because she considers that the level we are now proposing as a Parliament is too low.
I realise that it has turned out much lower than she proposed. Nevertheless, I believe strongly in the compromise that our rapporteur has achieved and give it my wholehearted support. I should like, however, to send a general signal to the Commission regarding the tendency I perceive in its rules of late with regard to aviation. I wonder aloud whether the Commission shares my concern that things are not going well for the European aviation sector. I broadly support the Commission’s initiatives. However, that institution’s timing and the ‘open skies’ authority yet to be further developed have meant that the sector is having to deal with a large number of changes simultaneously at a very difficult time. It is overstretched. I would not wish you to misunderstand me: I am in favour of opening up markets to more competition and of reducing intervention by the authorities, but we must be clear and realistic, with transitional rules.
We have a variety of regimes: national, European and international, and they are intertwined. I think, therefore, that we have to take care not to start the race too fast. I should like to ask that, at second reading, the economic impact be presented, so that we know what it really involves and that we really are going to make the Community finishing line. I fully support the compromise that Mr Nicholson has presented.
I really find and this is the main reason we have to do it that a cup of coffee at home or here in Strasbourg is much more enjoyable than on the road in Luxembourg if one does happen to go by car. In a real, insured aeroplane. This is what is important. We want to have a consumer-friendly product, a safe product, in the air, and I hope that we can decide on that together tomorrow."@en1
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