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dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Developing the agenda for the Community’s external aviation policy – EU-Russia and EU-China relations in the field of air transport2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.6.2-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Luis de Grandes Pascual2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2005-09-28--2006-06-05)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-16--2007-01-17)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; JURI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2008-06-04)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner for Transport, ladies and gentlemen, I am speaking as rapporteur for the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats on the report on the European Union’s relations with Russia and China in the field of air transport. I would like once again to tell you about the conclusions we originally reached in the Committee on Transport and Tourism. I would like firstly to congratulate the rapporteurs, both Mr El Khadraoui and Mr Zīle. I believe, Mr Zīle, that your work has been entirely positive, since it has allowed all of the parliamentary groups to appreciate the scope of this proposal and the need to create a genuine common air space in order to consolidate our position in the world. The European Union must create closer ties with its partners, which include Russia and China. Ladies and gentlemen, Russia is a priority for the European Union, not just as a neighbouring country, but also for a series of reasons relating specifically to it, both from economic and political points of view. With 75% of external passenger traffic destined for the European Community, the European Union must be able to present our Russian partners with a proposal aimed at a future global agreement in the aviation sector, which, we believe, must be implemented in phases and once the problem of the payment of rights to fly over Siberia has been resolved. This last issue, ladies and gentlemen, is a genuine obstacle to the beginning of negotiations and we believe that the European Union must maintain a very firm and demanding position towards our Russian partners. In this regard, we are pleased with the words expressed here this morning by Commissioner Barrot. With regard to China, we are also in favour of reaching a global agreement, since China offers immense market opportunities to the European Union. Over the coming years, the Chinese giant is expected to show a sustained growth in the commercial aviation sector of between approximately 9% and 15%. Furthermore, China is carrying out a process of reform and liberalisation in its aviation sector, facilitating foreign investments and implementing a significant airport construction programme. Nevertheless, in order to begin negotiations successfully with our Chinese partners, China must firstly reach a horizontal agreement with the European Union and resolve the problem of overflying Siberia, which European airlines are obliged to do in order to reach China."@en1

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