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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to offer my sincere thanks to all those who helped to achieve this result.
I never fail to be astonished when we discuss the liberalisation of the railways. We have been fighting for this for 10 years, yet we still do not properly have it – not anywhere! If we talk about the results of liberalisation, at the moment, all I can say is that, thanks to the failure to liberalise, the number of kilometres of railway and the number of jobs have fallen. That is the result. What we want is a railway that is more efficient, a railway that is open, as we know that, in Europe, the railway has a completely different future to what we see at present. We have been attempting to bring this about for 10 years.
What are the Member States doing, however? They are continuing to create more and more of their own new rules, year after year. A train travelling from Brussels to Germany has to change voltage four times. The trains have local and regional rules to follow, which number up to 3 000. No wonder then that the roads seem so efficient. Through an efficient railway, we are aiming not only to retain jobs, but actually to create them. That is what we want, and that message should also reach the citizens and the trade unions. We have concentrated on what is important, namely, a strong regulator. A strong regulator should clear away the distorting factors that still exist. Why should we discuss large structures if we do not yet even have an authority that can say ‘company x must be given proper access to the market’ – something that is still not the case in many Member States.
With regard to the Polish derogation, I would remind the Commissioner that a fourth railway package is on the way, and we need to respect people who come out and say that, in their region, things are a little different, including from a technical point of view at this point in time. Could you not send out a signal that we could attempt to tackle this issue by technological means in the fourth railway package and attempt to find a way to resolve the problem at that point? That would be a very calming influence today, and tomorrow you could say that the single European railway market is on the way, and perhaps somewhat quicker than certain people suspect. That would be a good signal, particularly also the cooperation between Parliament and the Commission, as we need to work together to convince the Council. That will be our most important task."@en1
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