Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-02-Speech-2-099"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020702.5.2-099"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-02-Speech-2-1002
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Over the past decade, the first thought was of building national motorway networks, and then attention turned to building and expanding airports. Only in the last few years have most Member States invested in improving the railways and sometimes inland shipping too. It is a fact that some of these high-speed links are at the expense of improving and maintaining short-distance rail transport. It is uncertain whether expensive goods railways, such as the in the Netherlands, will actually be used as long as companies retain the freedom to transport their goods by road more cheaply and connecting railway capacity in neighbouring countries is lacking. These investments may be controversial, but it is a fact that an integrated European railway network which crosses borders, mountain ranges and coastal routes at high speed, is still not in existence. Mr Turchi, the rapporteur, is right to conclude that investments in the railways and in inland shipping are lagging behind and that too little progress is being made on the construction of tunnels under the Alps and Pyrenees. In order to end the busy HGV traffic through these mountains and the long deviations which passenger trains have to negotiate, these tunnels must be granted priority. Expanding co-financing to 20% is acceptable for this purpose, but no funding should be claimed from this amount for any other projects. If it were, then there would be nothing left to distribute and the stagnation would simply persist."@en1

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