Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-04-Speech-2-298"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community railway undertakings2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000704.12.2-298"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-04-Speech-2-2992
lpv:speaker	lp:Emmanouil Mastorakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, without doubt, the European railways need reviving and that is precisely what the legislative package under discussion is attempting to do. The congestion on the roads, the threat from which to transport and environmental safety increases daily, is so bad that we must now strengthen the railways. The common positions approved here by the Council obviously promote the required revival by dealing fairly and transparently with all railway undertakings, by defining a logical framework for distributing infrastructure capacity and user charges, by separating railway infrastructure management from the provision of transport services and by discussing how, to what extent and at what speed this separation should apply. Of course we are on the right track and of course we understand the problems facing certain Member States in directly, or almost directly adopting all the new measures proposed. First, the huge disparities between the networks in the various countries and, more importantly, the geographical situations of certain Member States or regions make it very hard for them to change the system quickly and, secondly, forcing the change, as it were, on these Member States would not result in any significant benefit either to the countries in question or the Community as a whole. We believe that a dogmatic, absolutist approach is risky and is unfair because, as we know full well, it does not apply in all sectors. Sometimes, the apparently contradictory, oxymoronic Ancient Greek proverb "more haste, less speed" is more efficient. Finally, I must in all honesty congratulate our two rapporteurs on their sterling work and ask for their understanding where special, objectively-identified circumstances exist. In this particular case, this applies to my country, Greece, which has shown that it is making quantum leaps, but only where they are really needed."@en1

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