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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a single European railway area is a true policy for European integration. It is a fine policy that makes European integration central to the day-to-day concerns of Europe’s men and women.
Europe is all too often criticised for not working properly but, through this directive, it is at last leading the way towards a major sustainable transport policy and facilitating an important railway investment policy that will boost employment.
I am delighted at the key measures that have been taken to organise the railway networks: the introduction of a national regulatory body in every Member State and the creation of a five-year multiannual investment agreement setting out financing commitments in relation to rail infrastructures. I am also delighted at the introduction of transparency in financial flows between managers and operators for integrated undertakings, the reminder about non-discriminatory access to certain services and the confirmation of certain guarantees that Members of the European Parliament had called for, especially on social aspects such as omitting any reference either to a minimum service or to complete separation between managers and operators.
Allow me, though, to voice a demand: let us stop seeing the liberalisation of the railway industry as the only strategic goal in the development of a single European railway area, as the Commission is doing. Instead, let us adopt an integrated European investment strategy that will boost employment in Europe.
To finish, I would therefore like to ask you a question, Commissioner Kallas. Three days after the European Council meeting of 28 and 29 June and the approval of a growth pact worth EUR 120 billion to stimulate Europe’s economy – largely through investment in infrastructure – can you tell us, Commissioner, what sum the European railway industry is likely to receive under this growth pact?"@en1
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