Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-03-Speech-2-280-000"
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"en.20120703.18.2-280-000"2
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"After enjoying great prosperity during the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the railway sector fell into decline due to the increasing popularity of road and air travel and is now becoming less and less popular. In order to curb this decline, the European Union has adopted a number of legislative measures aimed at reviving the railways by gradually creating a single European railway area. In recent years, it has introduced several packages and guidelines by which it has signalled its desire to reform the regulatory framework to ensure the railway sector’s integration at European level and to enable it to face up to the competition from other transport modes on the best possible terms. The transport policy of the European Union has set itself the goal of building an internal market, in particular, by developing common policies in order to achieve competitiveness in the transport sector as well. I firmly believe that it is desirable to make the necessary effort to build a comprehensive and integrated European railway area. In my opinion, the common interests of the EU as a whole – if we are talking about the railway sector – should take precedence over the interests of individual Member States. We need to build a true European railway area in which we should not forget to comply with safety requirements, and this should play a greater role in the licensing of railway undertakings."@en1
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