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"Mr President, Mrs Győri, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, at last we have something to be satisfied about: the toll charge for road transport, which is capped by this new Eurovignette Directive, may, in the future, include the costs of noise and air pollution.
Another cause for satisfaction is that, with this report by Mr El Khadraoui – and I congratulate him on his tenacity – we are clearly expressing our desire to see the ‘polluter pays’ principle factored into the costs of road transport. We must remain vigilant, however: after three years of interinstitutional negotiations, we need to convince certain Member States that a policy for genuinely protecting the environment and an economic policy for successfully developing Europe’s rail network are both achievable thanks to the balance struck in this trialogue. We must also ensure that part of the revenue collected is actually allocated to infrastructure and trans-European transport network projects as indicated.
May I also say how sorry I am that the binding nature of the ‘polluter pays’ principle has been left out of this compromise. Leaving aside our rapporteur Mr El Khadraoui’s tenacity, on which I congratulated him, Commissioner, the European Commission has once again lost the fight to certain nationalist positions and sentiments."@en1
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