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"en.20170517.32.3-522-000"2
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"Madam President, at the heart of the resolution for yet more regulations for the road transport sector are the two elements that are always central and dear to the European Union: control and tax. The European Union wants to intervene in the road transport sector, in the name of climate action, to control the sector and thereby further erode Member States’ sovereignty, and then to tax it dry.
These proposals are even more ridiculous when one considers the Dieselgate scandal, when the EU rules were not enforced and went unnoticed for years, resulting in an environmental scandal. By taking further and tighter control over the road transport sector, the EU is expanding its reach. As each new rule is implemented the Member States’ ability to manage this area is reduced, and as the rules become stricter so the economic costs increase, costs that consumers, drivers and passengers will ultimately pay.
All talk of the improving emission standards rotates around the ‘polluter pays’ principle. The tighter the rules, the higher the cost. Remember the scandal of the failed emission trading scheme so beloved by Brussels? We saw that emission controls are a mask for the EU to raise and collect taxes. I had a minute and half, Madam President…"@en1
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