Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-04-Speech-2-286"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safety and air transport2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010904.11.2-286"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-04-Speech-2-2872
lpv:speaker	lp:Helena Torres Marques2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Partido Socialista (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I shall deal specifically with the Collins report. I wish to congratulate Mr Collins on his work and also the Commission on having presented us with this report on protecting the rights of air transport passengers. This is an issue which concerns an increasing number of people, more Europeans, because the numbers of air passengers are increasing. Dissatisfaction is also growing, however, with regard to the transport available to us and with the conditions in which they are provided. The European Parliament and the Commission have the responsibility of protecting the interests of Europeans travelling via air transport. It is true that the problems faced by passengers are not entirely the fault of the airlines; they are also caused by the airports, and we must confront both of these situations. These days, airports feel like underground stations, in which the density of people is such that there is no degree of comfort and it is difficult to feel safe. With regard to transport, passengers demand safety but they also want to know in advance the conditions in which they will be travelling. I am grateful to Mr Collins for having accepted many of the amendments that we tabled to his report, because I feel it has been genuinely useful to include them. Passengers must know in advance and be able to compare the conditions that the transport offers them. Not only the prices, but also the conditions of safety, of comfort – the distances between seats, for example – and also conditions such as the air quality. One possibility that has been mentioned, admittedly, is for flights to become no smoking, but the conditions of safety against pollution have been reduced in order to reduce air transport costs. We must confront this problem vigorously and I also wish to ask Commissioner Loyola de Palácio whether she still intends to table legislation in this field by the end of the year, and, if so, what will it be?"@en1

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