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Rail transport has not developed to the same extent as other forms of transport. Indeed, it has suffered significant cutbacks, especially as regards freight, to the advantage of competing sectors.
We had a first package to revitalise the railways back in 2001. Now this is the second package, and the Commission is continuing down the road to liberalisation.
The rapporteur invited us to approve the joint text after the Conciliation Committee had achieved consensus by weighing up the divergent positions of the Commission and of Parliament, through the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the timetable for the opening-up of the market to freight services, the main point of disagreement. The only aspect to which I might have objected was the suppression of the safety provisions, but this area is specifically targeted by another proposal for a directive.
The measures proposed will make it possible to revitalise rail transport. Since that is my conviction, and since I have long advocated the revitalisation of both the passenger and particularly the freight sector as being essential for European development, I support this whole package of measures.
Besides, we are witnessing a serious crisis, as at
which wants to close its factories in Europe. What is really justified, then, is heavy investment in the whole railway industry."@en1
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