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"Madam President, I too would like to start by congratulating and thanking the rapporteur, Mr Grosch, for his work at first and second readings and for his willingness to listen to colleagues’ suggestions, achieving a result which would appear to have won broad backing and which therefore has excellent chances of being adopted in tomorrow’s vote in plenary.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are discussing an issue which never ceases to be very tragic and relevant. Once again, in my country, last Saturday, on Saturday night, there was yet another case of what we call Saturday–night carnage. Four young people were killed on the roads. These incidents have become regular now, occurring with tragic frequency, and they have rightly led to an increase in social alarm at the unnecessary carnage on our roads. There is no doubt that one of the most effective solutions lies in training. Like Mrs Sommer, I expressed my opposition to the creation of a European Road Safety Agency when it was discussed. Indeed, we do not need any more centralised bodies, which would probably mean more red tape – we need road safety policies. There is a difference. Today, I am pleased to say that, with this directive, we are making progress in one of the key areas towards the goal we must all set ourselves: the goal of safe roads. Why is this one of the key factors? Because, as has already been reiterated by many of the Members, this directive of ours makes training ongoing, as it needs to be. The requirement to pass a driving test is no longer a sufficient safeguard: we must ensure that especially those whose jobs consist of driving, such as goods-vehicle and professional drivers, are constantly monitored, for their own safety, first and foremost, but also in the interests of the safety of other road users.
I would also like to thank the rapporteur and the Commission, which I see has already undertaken to cooperate, for if we are to have training, we all have to agree on what we mean. It must be a serious undertaking, not a formality, and so the structures which our States are to certify as capable of performing training and to accredit with the necessary authorisation must be responsible centres whose professionalism is proven and consolidated. In this regard, in my country at least, the experience possessed by driving schools is a very useful factor which should be exploited. In this way, I believe that the directive will help to achieve effective training and so make our roads safer."@en1
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