Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-07-05-Speech-1-045"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport - Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100705.15.1-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-07-05-Speech-1-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Dirk Sterckx2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2011-09-06)3,3 unknown; Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (2009-07-14--2011-09-06)3,3 substitute; EMPL (2009-07-16--2011-09-06)3,3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2011-09-06)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2011-09-06)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2011-09-06)3,3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2011-09-06)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2011-09-06)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, my fellow Member, Brian Simpson, has already said that this House has always attached importance to passengers’ rights and that it has stood up for them, very often in the face of opposition from the Council. On the other hand, passengers’ rights are very difficult to regulate. In recent months, we have found that, in the case of air travel, regulation has not been such an easy thing to achieve. In my opinion, we have a good agreement for maritime passengers. However, we still face the problem of bus and coach passengers. There are many small businesses operating in this sector and there is the issue of public transport, which accounts for a very large proportion of passengers. It is important that we create a clear European framework and ensure that that framework is acceptable to small businesses. Parliament is very well aware of that. I would like to share with the rapporteur my findings for the rail sector, for the period during which I myself was rapporteur. We laid down basic rights for all rail passengers and I think that we should do the same for bus and coach passengers, as well. The Council is not in favour of this, but it should be possible. That debate has to take place. We obtained basic rights by being reasonable during the negotiations, and have possibly even secured a transitional period. I am not opposed to that. It is important that, when it comes to public transport, the European Parliament sends out a message that there is a bottom line, a level below which you cannot fall, not even if you are a public transport company, because there are passengers there, too, and they, too, are entitled to rights. Just because a public transport company might have alternative operations does not mean they do not have to ensure basic rights. That, I think, is the stance that we need to take in the mediation. The Council will not be keen to hear that, but we, as Parliament, must stand up for this, because that is an important element if we want to encourage public transport. This is very important in the context of what we are doing for the environment and ease of mobility."@en1
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