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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to thank Mr Costa for a constructive report. I welcome the fact that plenary is now revising the existing regulation adopted directly after the terrorist attack on New York on 11 September 2001. I am deputising for Mrs Hedkvist Petersen in the committee. I was shadow rapporteur in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, where I tabled the amendments that were adopted by the committee and that are to be voted on tomorrow. These are about the distinction between postal mail and traditional cargo and about protection against terrorist attacks.
We need increased security but also a balance between freedoms and rights. To have their post distributed efficiently and within a reasonable period of time is an important right for all EU citizens, especially for those who live in sparsely populated areas or outside cities and population centres. Quite a few Member States have airmail services, which are not at the same kind of risk as other forms of aviation. The period within which mail is distributed should not be several days, a state of affairs of which Europeans would take a very dim view. The amendments concerning mail and postal services guarantee that people will not receive a worse postal service because of the regulation.
I also wish to comment on Amendment 22 concerning passengers who are potentially disruptive or whose behaviour is manifestly abnormal. It is important to make it clear that we are not referring to people with physical or mental disabilities. The fact is that, through ramps and other aids, we have made aviation accessible to everyone. This regulation must not make it inaccessible.
It is also important to have clear and strict rules for when airlines have to have guards on board. The report strikes a clear balance between, on the one hand, the fight against the appalling terrorism that has hit aviation and against which we want to protect ourselves and, on the other hand, safe and efficient aviation and postal and cargo services. I applaud the report."@en1
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