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The passage of freight transport by road through the Alps is a bone of contention that recurs time and again both within and outside parliamentary debate. I have participated in that debate or given explanations of vote on 15 December 1999, 14 December 2000, 4 September 2001, and 11 and 12 February 2003.
Germany and Italy want free passage through Austria and Switzerland, but the latter two countries want to protect their valleys against those flows of heavy goods vehicles, and want to transfer transport quickly over to the railways. I support the efforts of those two countries in that regard.
Switzerland keeps up with the EU legislation and participates in the European Economic Area, but it does not make financial contributions or participate in voting. This also means that it cannot be outvoted by others. Austria, however, unlike Switzerland, has the misfortune to be a member of the EU, of eight years' standing. Others think that this entitles them to enforce their will on this Member State. They even want to completely abolish distribution through ecopoints in the long run. It is better if we build the Brenner Base Tunnel for electric rail transport under Austria, then Germany and Italy will in practice border on each other, without inconveniencing any little intervening country.
This time, as on the previous occasions, I shall be using my vote to once more support the Austrian Members, because they are defending their quality of life against large-scale short-sightedness."@en1
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