Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-10-Speech-2-415"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20090310.34.2-415"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-10-Speech-2-4162
lpv:speaker	lp:Luis de Grandes Pascual2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-01-18--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2008-06-05--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the revision of the Eurovignette Directive is a very important issue that occupies us all and is also a cause for concern, particularly to those of us in peripheral countries who feel victimised by this proposal. The European Commission has decided to approach the internalisation of the external costs of road transport by charging for three new costs: air pollution, noise pollution and congestion. Although the principles behind the proposal – ‘the user pays’ and ‘the polluter pays’ – are reasonable, the solution proposed is definitely not, as it will discriminate against a sector which, for months, has been suffering from the disastrous effects of the economic crisis. Although it was not the intention to demonise goods transport by road, it has ended up being the target. This proposal, ladies and gentlemen, is inappropriate and, far from achieving the expected objectives of sustainable transport, it will be a death sentence for a large number of small and medium-sized European enterprises that employ thousands of people in the European Union and contribute every day to the distribution of goods, ensuring that products reach the end consumer. Consumers will see how product prices will rise when these charges are implemented. Ladies and gentlemen, we need a transport system that is competitive, sustainable and environmentally friendly and does not rule out road transport, because at the moment, it is the only way to get everywhere. Modal change remains a dream and is far from becoming reality. Trans-European networks, motorways of the sea and cross-border connections are still plans and not realities in some cases. When the world economy goes down, ladies and gentlemen, we cannot ask the orchestra to carry on playing, and certainly not in celebration."@en1
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