Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-14-Speech-1-062"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091214.14.1-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-12-14-Speech-1-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Vilja Savisaar-toomast2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Eesti Keskerakond (2009-07-14--2012-05-13)3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to talk about a very practical but, for my home country of Estonia, an extremely important subject. A few years ago, the three Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – essentially lacked any railway link with Europe. The actual infrastructure was in a bad state and it was used very little. Since then, there have been positive developments, both in renovation of the present railway and in carrying out studies in order to construct railways conforming to European standards. In order to implement Rail Baltica – the name by which we know this project – it is extremely important that both the European Parliament and the European Commission show considerable support for the Rail Baltica project, despite the fact that the population of this region is not exactly the biggest, and the financial situation facing the Baltic States is dire. This project is important not only to ensure a normal railway link, but it will also have a considerable effect on all three countries with regard to regional and social policy. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania need a railway link with Europe, both for economic reasons and to keep environmental economy in focus, because rail transport allows for larger cargo loads to be transported with less pollution. At this moment, the main link is the Via Baltica... ( )"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"The President cut off the speaker"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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