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"Mr President, the European Commission’s vision for 2050 is an important document in terms of setting the future directions of European transport policy. We therefore see it not only as material for discussion, but particularly as a framework in which there will be specific objectives and steps over the short and medium term. In the report, we therefore call on the Commission specifically to set out these objectives up to 2020. It is also important to take the current situation as the point of departure. European transport policy must clearly build on previous documents, while also reflecting the initial state of the infrastructure in all Member States. In the resulting proposal, we therefore call on the Commission to submit an analysis of the current situation as soon as possible, and no later than 2013. The instruments of cohesion policy must therefore continue to support a more rapid convergence of infrastructure levels in the Member States, with an emphasis on sustainable and safe transport. The resulting compromise also deals with the very important area of transport workers’ conditions. The sector employs about 10 million people, and this must form an important component of our thinking on transport, whether in terms of job quality, work safety, training or education.
Transport cannot work without people. Their work conditions must therefore be in keeping with this demanding and responsible profession, and must have a direct impact on transport safety. Effective cooperation between the different forms of transport constitutes an important component both of future transport policy and of the EU’s long-term emissions reduction targets. I therefore consider it important for us to agree in the final compromise on a demand to support sustainable forms of transport, and to do so for all distances. At the same time, I agree with Commission’s view that we should approach long-distance transport systematically at a pan-European level.
I would like to end by thanking the rapporteur for his great effort in negotiating acceptable compromises. I hope we will approve the resulting proposal tomorrow by a large majority."@en1
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