Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-27-Speech-2-420-750"
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"Despite the efforts made at European level, the number of deaths on the road remains shockingly high. In 2009, 35 000 people died and 1.5 million people were seriously injured in 2009.
I welcome the Commission communication on a European road safety area, as I consider it crucial that there be significant and coordinated investment in improvements to training for road users, to road infrastructure, to emergency and first-aid services, and to enforcement of road traffic rules. While it is true that measures should be taken as closely as possible to the citizen, pursuant to the principle of subsidiarity, it is also true that there is an urgent need for a coherent and integrated European-level approach.
I would congratulate Parliament on the report that has been achieved, and I share the view that a European road safety coordinator needs to be urgently appointed to coordinate measures between the Commission and the Member States, to promote initiatives and synergies in relation to road safety, to exchange best practices, and to create links between the relevant political and academic levels. I also support the goal of halving the total number of deaths by 2020, although the long-term goal should be to achieve a death rate of zero."@en1
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