Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-06-Speech-4-381"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Short sea shipping2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.14.4-381"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-3822
lpv:speaker	lp:Reino Paasilinna2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, short sea shipping is the most economical, most efficient, and most suitable solution for remote regions. I would like to thank Mrs Peijs for her interesting and excellent proposal. In my own country, shipping is almost totally of this short sea shipping type: in other words, it is important to us in that respect. We are unusual in that we only have a land connection with the rest of the EU in the north, so the importance of maritime traffic is enormous. On top of everything, our railways have a different gauge from those found elsewhere in the European Union. What is most peculiar about our situation is, however, that our shipping always comes to a halt in the winter unless certain measures are taken, because the sea freezes. This has led to a situation where we have had to establish a special fleet to break the ice. They are powerful ships: one ship’s energy is equivalent to that used by a whole city. This being the case – as we have this hindrance to movement – we hope that this ice-breaking operation may be supported, as the obstacle has been ordained by the Lord, and we cannot do a thing about it. It is also to be regretted that the effects on employment and welfare of this sort of traffic have not been highlighted sufficiently. A cheap workforce is a huge risk in these circumstances, especially in the north, and especially in ice. How can someone wearing shorts, who has no professional skill to his name, cope in minus thirty degrees and three metres of ice? That is the problem. Aircrews are always well trained, but the same cannot be said of the cheap workforce that is employed on ships. I expect the Commission to look into this matter."@en1

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