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"Mr President, I would like to start by thanking Mathieu Grosch for his tremendous work on this report. Unfortunately, however, this does not change the uncomfortable foundations for the report – that is to say, the Commission’s White Paper on which it is based. Now I want to be fair to the Commission document; it does make some positive suggestions about the need for a fully functioning multimodal network and the importance of modernising our air traffic management system via SESAR.
However, the report has a major flaw in my opinion. Yet again, the Commission believes more regulation and more EU intervention are the answer. Indeed, at a time when confidence is one of the most important factors for our businesses across the EU, the last message we should be sending is one of stifling growth. As such, the proposals in this report to harmonise work and social conditions and various other measures in that sector are beyond reason. What we should be doing is repealing punitive legislation, not adding to it. Moreover, the suggestions in the report for increased taxation on certain transport modes send a damaging message to industry. The report also calls for an increase in road charging. I must ask how the Commission believes this could possibly not be a contradiction of their stated aim not to curb mobility.
The same applies to the idea of banishing vehicles with traditional combustion engines from city centres. It is as unachievable as it is undesirable, especially in these times of economic difficulty. The report is interventionist to its core and holds no regard for the principle of subsidiarity. Here we have the opportunity to send out a positive message to business that we will boost the internal market and support growth. Instead, we have a document which is punitive to business, our economy and therefore our citizens."@en1
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