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Mr President, I will be brief. I made it clear throughout the debate that I was there to listen to Parliament and that I was awaiting Parliament’s vote. Before outlining what I intend to do, I should like very briefly to mention something that I regret has happened and something that I want to happen. Firstly, I regret that the procedure has not enabled Parliament to give its verdict on the amended text. Your rapporteur’s amendments were such as to allay certain fears on the part of the various actors in our ports, fears that were felt as much by businesses as by workers. In view of that, I pay tribute to the work of your committee. The Commission was in a position to accept the amendments. That is my regret dealt with.
Next, I should like us not to lose sight of the aim of this text, an aim that, I might add, often came up during yesterday’s debate. It is a question of helping European ports efficiently to respond to the increase in maritime traffic and to the risk of their becoming overstretched in terms of capacity. Efficient port services enable us to increase European competitiveness and to facilitate growth and employment.
Obviously, I will give the College of Commissioners a faithful account of yesterday’s debate and of today’s vote. I will suggest that it draws conclusions from them. I will also suggest that it continue the work being done with all of the actors concerned – the Member States, operators, users and trade unions – in cooperation with Parliament, in order to lay the foundations of a European port policy that enables us to manage and to reassure investors. I hope, in fact, to provide, in the best possible way, the answers European ports are waiting for, whether in relation to the transparency of tariffs or to the use of infrastructure, to recourse to State aid or, more globally, to the integration of the ports into the intermodal chain. Our debate has clearly highlighted the need for every aspect of this overall approach.
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