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"Madam President, first I would like to thank the rapporteur and his colleagues for their support for the Commission’s proposed road safety policy orientations 2011-2020.
One of the main messages in this report is that everybody can contribute to road safety, at the level of the EU institutions, Member States, regional or local authorities, NGOs, the industry and the citizens themselves who have, as wisely highlighted in the report, not only a right but also a duty to contribute to road safety.
I am particularly pleased to see that the report supports the Commission’s ambitious target to halve the number of deaths by 2020. One Member mentioned that we are worried about increasing accidents. Accidents actually are declining and the last period of this road safety action plan saw the decline of casualties by 47%. But still, every death is a tragedy – I totally agree – and we must fight to halve the number of deaths by 2020. I agree that, in the longer term, a ‘Vision Zero’ strategy where no one is killed on EU roads should be developed, and this goal has been integrated in the White Paper on Transport.
On the substance of road safety policies and measures, the Commission is ready to support most of the proposed actions and appreciates that they are addressed not only to the Commission but also to Member States, and industry should play its part too.
I would like to already give you my reaction to two topics that are more specifically addressed to the Commission.
The first one is the idea of establishing an ‘EU Road Safety Coordinator’ as part of the Commission. I understand the reason behind this proposal. In my opinion, such a coordinator should mainly act as an ambassador for existing actions, with a general mission of promoting road safety rather than coordinating or monitoring road safety policies and legislation.
Secondly, the report calls on the Commission to produce, by the end of 2011, a fully-fledged action programme incorporating a detailed set of measures with clear timetables for their implementation. We are, of course, reflecting on a number of high priority issues, such as injuries and safety of motorcyclists. My services have started to work with relevant experts on the definition of injuries. Besides, in early October the High Level Group on Road Safety will meet to discuss the concrete implementation of the Commission orientations. The Commission will carry out appropriate impact assessments before envisaging any legislative measure.
The Commission is grateful for the many useful and innovative ideas expressed. We will duly consider all these proposals when translating the road safety policy orientations into concrete actions.
The Commission will keep Parliament closely informed of progress made on the implementation of the road safety policy orientations 2011-2020. I can count on the firm support and commitment of the European Parliament to improve road safety when road safety legislative proposals will be put on the table of the core legislators. I am very happy that Parliament, before the summer break, adopted a very big decision about cross-border enforcement of traffic violations, fighting against four killers – alcohol, speed, failure to stop at red lights and non-use of seat-belts. So a very important step has been made and, in general, we all share the same objective: to reduce casualties and injuries. The question in detail is cultural background, different practices in Member States, where we can of course find common ground, but we also must also ensure that the objectives are the same and that everybody is working hard. So let us allow the Member States to take most of the responsibility for implementing these actions."@en1
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