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lpv:speaker	lp:Saïd El Khadraoui2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij.Anders (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, of course, I, too, would like to start by thanking the rapporteur, Ms Serracchiani, for the outstanding outcome that we now have before us, which was achieved after a great deal of toiling and toing and froing. Of course, I would also like to add my thanks to all those who played their part and, in particular, to the shadow rapporteurs. This agreement refines and reinforces the ground rules from 2001, which was a necessary move as there was a great deal of vagueness and too much room for manoeuvre on the part of the Member States. That led to confusion and, hence, to a railway market that does not truly function in the optimum way. At the same time, I have to say that there are a number of particularly important, controversial issues, which we have not tackled this time. Examples of such issues include the liberalisation of national passenger transport, whether or not infrastructure managers and operators are to be separated, and the strengthening of the European Railway Agency. These are very important issues that we have delayed dealing with until next year. I am very much in favour of this, as it makes a good debate a necessity, and I also believe that we need to properly examine all the consequences of a reform of this nature. By this I mean, for instance, the consequences for public service provision, as well as the social aspect of the railway landscape. That said, this package, in the form that will be tabled for approval tomorrow, will help increase the impact of market forces especially in relation to freight transport, which is to be completely liberalised. There will be greater clarity in relation to the handling of complaints. There will also be more transparency in relation to financial flows and the way in which infrastructure managers are to be funded. Incentives to limit noise pollution and improve interoperability are being provided I would therefore like to ask you to support this package and not to approve any additional amendments. I will make that my last point. I offer the rapporteur my thanks once more, and I wish her every success."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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