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"Mr President, honourable Members, I would like to thank you for this discussion. I am convinced that the proposed recast directive on a European railway area is a good deal after hard work, and I hope that you will vote in favour of the proposal. With regard to our objective, various mysterious, important and sensitive words have been repeated, but I will simply say that our objective is to create a fast and reliable cross-border railway system which can serve people and businesses.
Many barriers remain. The proposed, or intended, fourth railway package will propose additional steps towards taking down these barriers, including technological barriers which are very substantial. So let us not mystify matters. Liberalisation is not a goal in itself: it is a part of the whole package.
Of course, I am happy to answer the honourable Member – who has left the Chamber – who asked about the money for investment. I hope that the whole House will support the Connecting Europe Facility in the Commission’s proposal for the next multiannual financial framework. It increases resources for railways substantially. So, yes, we have thought this out.
The Commission was also accused of forcing somebody to privatise railways. This has never been the case. The Commission has never forced anybody to privatise anything.
As regards the proposal for Polish derogation, we are trying to create a single European railway area: we are not yet trying to create a single Eurasian rail area. How can we achieve our objective with derogations, exemptions, exceptions, opt-outs and abstentions? These do not make our life any simpler. We have seven gauges in Europe – seven – but we do not have special laws and special regulations for every gauge. This issue has been discussed in Council, and in Council the proposal was not supported. I hope that tomorrow, the honourable Members will not support amendments which perpetuate the fragmentation of European railways. Of all transport modes, this is the most fragmented, and we must overcome the fragmentation."@en1
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