Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-26-Speech-3-062"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Strategic guidelines/Legislative and work programme for 20052
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050126.6.3-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-26-Speech-3-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Georg Jarzembowski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-15--2005-03-06)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, Madam Vice-President of the Commission, it is now my turn to say something about transport, about which I think the Commission’s communications have had too little to say. You can order everything conceivable via every conceivable kind of electronic connection, but to trade goods – whether a fridge or a computer – you have to actually deliver the thing, and for that you need a proper transport policy. Your Vice-President, Commissioner Barrot, has made a very sensible statement outlining what we need, and I want now to recapitulate the three core issues. I believe that the internal market needs to be made a reality in the railway sector too. For 40 years, the railways have thought there was no such thing and that they could carry on making railway policy at national level. Now is the time to use the Third Railway Package to open up the passenger transport networks, and to bring in a single locomotive drivers’ licence, thereby doing away with the need for trains to stop and change crew at national borders. The only way we will be able to use railways for cross-border transport is if they are fast, efficient and well-organised, and for that the networks need to be opened up, there needs to be a locomotive drivers’ licence, but passengers also have to have proper rights when they are left standing waiting or when their journeys are delayed. The rules on compensation for air travellers are very good, but far more people travel by train, and they are just as entitled to compensation when the railways fail to organise themselves properly. Alongside the railways, there is the issue of the ‘Eurovignette’. Infrastructure costs need to be charged in a fair way, one that also has to be economically sustainable and structured in an environmentally-friendly way. This is an area in which we have to make headway. My final and crucial point, Mr President, is one that I trust you have already taken to heart. We need proper trans-European transport routes, not only as part of the rail and road networks, but also in the inland waterways sector. We really do need cross-border transport routes and a network of all means of transport, so that we can make real advances in the trade of goods. They need to be competitive, they need to be economically sustainable, and they need to be laid out in such a way that they do no damage to the environment."@en1

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