Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-27-Speech-2-421-750"
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"en.20110927.26.2-421-750"2
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"Preservation of human life is the highest value we can advocate. Any death, whatever the circumstances, even at the end of a long and productive life, causes us deep sadness. This situation disgusts us when it happens to young people or when it happens in situations where it could have been avoided. In the case of the latter, deaths on the road number in the thousands. In recent years, the measures adopted by the Member States have achieved a significant reduction in this loss of life: 36% between 2001 and 2009. However, 35 000 people were killed in 2009 and almost 1.5 million were injured. These numbers are too high for us to remain indifferent. That is why there is still so much to be done. The purpose of this Commission proposal is to halve these figures by 2020. There is a need to improve the training of drivers, to standardise the rules throughout the EU, to prevent driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and to prevent the use of mobile telephones. I welcome the adoption of this report, whose purpose is to improve European road safety policy over the next decade (2011-2020), so as to reduce the number of accidents. As Europeans, we are all obliged to cooperate on reducing the number of victims on our roads."@en1
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