Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-046"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Market access to port services2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.5.2-046"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-0472
lpv:speaker	lp:Ewa Hedkvist Petersen2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-21--2007-01-31)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Arbetarepartiet- Socialdemokraterna (2004-07-20--2007-01-31)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-01-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is a riddle to me why the European Commission should have put forward this proposal again. We hear of the significant resistance it is meeting, and Mr Barrot now has an opportunity to show that the EU is in step with our citizens by withdrawing this proposal. I think that there are three arguments for doing so. First and foremost, we do not need the directive. Many European ports are thriving, as I know is the case in, for example, my own country, Sweden. Ports are being developed, and there are many flexible solutions. What we need instead is a directive on competition between ports, as we in the Socialist Group in the European Parliament have also pointed out. This proposal by the Commission is for a piece of centralised European regulation. It is not about deregulation within the ports, as is being made out. It is a piece of centralised European regulation that we do not need because it would not lead to ports being developed. On the contrary, it might hinder their development. Unfortunately, it is not, then, out of concern for the ports and transportation that the European Commission has put forward this proposal. Such centralised regulations would make it more difficult for ports to carry on their activities. It would become more difficult to develop ports and transport systems because ports are transport hubs and combined terminals that have to be efficient if the whole transport system is also to be so. What would be best is to allow regional and local players to develop the ports. Finally, this ports directive would be bad for port workers. It is they who would have to pay the price for the centralised regulation proposed by the Commission. Many job opportunities would probably be lost, and a lot of activities transferred to the lease-in industry, the result being poorer conditions and less security for workers. It is for many good reasons, then, that I propose that Parliament reject this proposal."@en1

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