Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-04-20-Speech-2-029"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-04-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100420.3.2-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-04-20-Speech-2-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Anna Rosbach2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (2009-10-06--2011-03-07)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2009-09-16--2011-03-07)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2011-03-07)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-22--2011-03-07)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-22--2011-03-07)3 unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (2009-07-14--2011-03-07)3 member; EFD (2009-07-14--2011-03-07)3 substitute; TRAN (2009-07-16--2011-03-07)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I have two important points to make. Firstly, it is unfortunate that Europe is at a standstill and thus unable to compete globally, but that also applies to American and Asian airlines, which are unable to land in the EU. Secondly, I would like to thank all the parties involved for their efforts. It remains to be decided whether or not airlines will be financially compensated. The outcome will be decided by the debates in the days ahead. It is good to hear that there is now a three-step plan. I am pleased about that. The Financial Times criticises the politicians for having ‘simply’ shut everything down on safety grounds and suggests that Europe introduce the US strategy of allowing individual airlines to decide themselves whether or not to fly. I hope that we here in Parliament will immediately reject that model. It would be disastrous for passengers if an airline threatened with bankruptcy decided to fly simply for the sake of profit. What we need is a forward-looking strategy: better measuring instruments in the airspace to predict atmospheric changes and the development of aircraft engines that use fuel more efficiently and are less sensitive. However, aircraft are vulnerable not only to terrorist attacks, but also to extreme weather conditions. Aircraft are highly energy-intensive and polluting. It will not be possible to develop solar-powered or electric versions of cargo or passenger aircraft, but what we can do is finally get started on high-speed trains and on establishing direct high-speed rail links between all the major cities of Europe. Trains can be made much greener than aircraft and are genuinely capable of competing with aircraft for internal European destinations."@en1
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