Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-03-10-Speech-4-075-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Volcanic ash crisis (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110310.5.4-075-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Ville Itälä2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (2009-07-14--2012-02-29)3 member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2012-02-29)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2012-02-29)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2012-02-29)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we, of course, know about the sad stories that were heard when the ash cloud formed. Many people were unable to get to the funerals of their relatives, their children’s weddings or similar occasions. They were very personal, regrettable incidents, not to speak of the financial cost incurred through the suffering of 10 million people. As you see, nothing actually worked. We were unable to reply that the EU had a solution to these situations, and here, the Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism correctly said that this risk could not have been anticipated, it could not have been controlled, and the whole thing was more like complete chaos. Now, the Commission should give the public the answers it wants as quickly as possible: the answers to whether we have technical solutions or whether the airlines will discover them. If there are any, what might they be? What will the rights of passengers be in the future, if the same situation arises, where people cannot fly or get home? When will there be an effective common European airspace? The answer people want, obviously, is as soon as possible, so that this cannot continue for much longer. What is the alternative plan? What means of transport are to be used? This time, people were at a loss. Others ordered taxis from Spain to Finland, paying thousands of euro in fares. This situation cannot be repeated in the future: there should be a plan in place for how people can be better served as regards these alternative arrangements. In this connection, I wish to raise another issue mentioned here, and another natural upheaval: snow. Tens of thousands of people in December were stranded at airports in Europe when it snowed. In my own country, Finland, there is continual heavy snow and there are harsh frosts, but things work. We therefore have to get European airports to work properly too. This is not too difficult and we cannot just give up: matters should be dealt with so as to guarantee citizen’s access to justice."@en1
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