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"Mr President, the closure of the railway line between Porto and Vigo was announced today. The region of the North of Portugal and Galicia has suffered a severe blow with this loss. This line has disappeared because it is no longer of use. It has ceased to be of use because it is no longer suited to the current conditions of modern life, and this has only occurred because there has been no investment in recent times.
Europe says it is committed to railways and sustainable collective transport. However, a study carried out in Portugal, at the request of the Troika, is calling for the closure of more than 800 kilometres of railway line in Portugal. Two weeks ago, a narrow majority of this Parliament rejected a proposal which would have placed productive investment outside the calculation of the deficit. This proposal was not passed, although measures such as this would have saved the railway line by allowing it be modernised. Mr President, the conclusion of all of this is a sad one. The dictatorship of the deficit is killing public services in Europe."@en1
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