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"Mr President, there can be no doubt that 2012 is the pivotal year for the implementation of the Single European Sky project.
The Commission has the support of this Parliament to enforce sanctions on Member States who do not comply. I should like to send a strong message to Commissioner Kallas, who is not here tonight, that he has my full support and that we wish him to go full throttle.
Following the publication of the ‘time to deliver’ report by the European Commission, I set out to address many of the points raised in my own-initiative report, which was overwhelmingly supported by my colleagues in the Committee on Transport and Tourism in July.
The implementation of the Single European Sky has suffered from many past constraints and there are clearly still many challenges which lie ahead. European air traffic continues to increase, which is good news for growth, but there remain serious capacity issues in most Member States.
There must be greater urgency in order to avoid possible safety and operational risks resulting from ever-greater traffic flows and outdated technologies. The benefits of full and timely implementation of the Single European Sky are clear and cannot be ignored. A study by the SESAR joint undertaking has shown that it will create more than 300 000 jobs, save in the region of 50 million tonnes of CO
and ultimately make air traffic more efficient, reducing the cost to the consumer and competing more effectively with our global competitors in order to maintain our market share. This is just good business.
It is clear for these reasons alone that making European air space as efficient as possible is important for job creation, the environment and – at a time when many European countries are verging on or are in recession – economic benefits. These positive effects will be seen across all the Member States and will extend to the entire supply chain, including manufacturers, airlines and SMEs, and into sectors such as tourism.
I am confident that the jobs created through this project will be both highly skilled and highly paid. SESAR technologies would allow air traffic controllers to become a more mobile workforce in a modernised, automated industry and be able to sell their talents widely, contributing to a more flowing, robust and innovative sector – in short, a sector fit for the 21st century.
One of the key challenges is the defragmentation of European air space. The move to create functional air space blocks is painfully slow and, quite frankly, unacceptable. A strong message needs to be sent to the Member States. They are the same Member States that signed up to this project more than ten years ago, when we first dealt with this legislation and, in addition, countries that have joined the EU in the last few years.
We in Europe are world leaders in developing technology, and we need to make sure that it is our companies which benefit. It is vitally important that we cooperate closely with neighbouring countries and the military to ensure that the systems we develop are interoperable worldwide. The financial investment in R&D for the Single European Sky has been substantial, and it is now time to put in place the measures necessary to reap the benefits of that investment.
I would like to conclude by saying that I am sick and tired of listening to problems – meaning that we cannot do something – when in fact we are prepared to find the solutions. We are also competing with emerging markets in Asia, South America and the Middle East. Either we rise to that challenge or we will suffer the consequences. Member States need to stop procrastinating and get on with it."@en1
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