Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-01-Speech-1-047"
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"Mr President, the amazing thing about this report is that it includes the phrase "the territory of the European Union now constitutes a single area without frontiers as regards roads". It seems therefore to have escaped the attention of the author of this startling claim that the UK does have a frontier with the rest of the European continent. It is called the English Channel, or
if you prefer. It may not be a road frontier, but the 22 miles of sea at its narrowest point does make a great deal of difference. You might have also noticed that we drive on the left and that there are certain other differences in the road systems in the UK. We have different commercial systems and a different tempo of life.
Accordingly, we have evolved our own system of controls. They work after a fashion and, while we thank the rapporteur for working on the system of convergence plus freedom, which gives Member States the freedom to set their own rules, we do not need your freedom. We are quite capable of setting our own rules and we are quite happy to have our truck drivers abide by yours. Therefore we do not need your convergence either and we do not need harmonization."@en1
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"la Manche"1
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