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"Mr President, I am pleased to express my gratitude to the Commission by thanking Vice-President Barrot. I would like to thank him for this proposal, for this initiative and for his speech confirming the positive steps being taken. I would like to express my appreciation to Mr Rack for his work, as we have received a document which could make a significant contribution to more effective use of the transport infrastructure by means of active support for intermodal solutions.
We are well aware that the European Union budget, including that for the period 2007-2013, will have much less funding available for transport than we would have wished to receive. This means that it will be better all round if the solutions based on using the existing infrastructure are as good as possible. I would also very much like to stress that this is a historical moment: an enlarged European Union, perhaps with two more members from 1 January 2007. We therefore have the opportunity to involve the new Member States in shaping a new European transport and logistics system. It is very important to maintain the role played hitherto by the railways in the new Member States. Finally, I am pleased that we see an opportunity and a new role for small and medium-sized enterprises, and that we are moving in the direction of stabilising the transport and logistics systems."@en1
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