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"Mr President, a thriving and sustainable transport sector is hugely important to the UK and Europe as a whole, but having the right transport policy is essential to ensure competitiveness, future economic growth and much needed jobs across the EU.
This means that we do need a long-term vision for transport policy. Ensuring that future growth in the sector is sustainable is a major challenge, and we should discuss ways to encourage and assist industry in reaching those objectives.
However, I am concerned that the report now lacks a balanced approach. It seems to only offer one solution to improve the sustainability of the transport sector, and that is legislation, legislation or more legislation. It is now too prescriptive and too burdensome, and most of this will lead to extra spending at both national and EU level. Where is the money coming from? Why not look for alternatives to regulatory options, such as the sharing of best practice?
We must also take into consideration the efforts made by many sectors to reduce their carbon footprint. For example, in the aviation sector, huge efforts have been made to improve technology through manufacturing and operational changes, but this is never recognised – certainly by some Members of this House – and the Single European Sky, which we hugely support in ECR will, of course, be a great asset in the future in dealing with congestion and other issues. We just need to get the Member States cracking on that, and I am sure the Commissioner will agree.
In conclusion, if we are to call ourselves sensible legislators, then we must come forward with a rigorous prioritisation of these transport initiatives that will reduce the burden on our already overstretched EU budget, encourage industry and, most importantly, help keep our constituents moving."@en1
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