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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the decision on a ceiling for tolls that we shall be taking on Thursday is also a decision on a missed opportunity: that much must be made clear. Tolls are a hot issue. We also had very heated debates and close votes in the Committee on Transport and Tourism.
One issue was central, and that was transport costs; that was the issue that most inflamed passions. In particular, it encountered the strongest resistance from Transport Ministers. It is essential to charge for these external costs if we are serious about wanting to protect health and the environment; these costs have to be charged to polluters at long last. For, currently, the European taxpayer is paying these costs and, furthermore, for this very reason, the railways find it difficult or impossible to make themselves competitive. We did make some progress during our negotiations with the Council, but too little. Nevertheless, I should like to thank the rapporteur and also my colleagues for this progress. We shall be able to support a large proportion of what has been negotiated, but not the loopholes, of which there are the following: Germany’s derogation from the obligation to charge tolls for vehicles weighing up to 12 tonnes – that will be a lengthy job, I fear – and Italy’s multiple-driver bonus, which will also be a lengthy job. All of this just because the Transport Ministers did not listen to the man on the street, but only to lobbyists from the HGV transport industry."@en1
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