Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-12-14-Speech-3-418-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Single European transport area (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111214.28.3-418-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-12-14-Speech-3-419-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Laurence J.A.J. Stassen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partij voor de Vrijheid (2009-07-14--2014-03-24)3 member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2010-06-23--2012-09-09)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the message has apparently not reached Brussels yet that we are in the middle of a serious economic crisis. This report, a road map for a single European transport area, wants to spend more money on unprofitable European railway connections. It is not that I am against trains, Mr President, but throughout the report, the railways are given preferential treatment as compared to road or air travel. The fact that the Brussels bureaucrats completely disregard the current economic reality is, unfortunately, no surprise when I read the report. It is full of references to the White Paper and the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. However, the main question is not asked: what is in this investment of billions for Europe’s citizens? The bias of the Brussels elite is going to cost the citizen billions, at a time when national railways are already kept going with enormous subsidies. Despite these huge amounts of State aid, the railways’ share in terms of total transport demand has only fallen in recent years. Europeans are apparently opting to travel by car or by air. These losses must, of course, be paid for by somebody. Under the guise of climate targets, the efficient air and road transport sectors can simply be saddled with the railways’ losses. Mr President, while the Brussels bureaucrats are striving to create a single transport area, railways are being favoured over road and air transport because of climate targets. Let us first put a stop to this preferential treatment of the railways. Only then will taxpayers’ money end up where it can most quickly contribute to prosperity in the countries of Europe."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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