European Parliament
A6-0408/2005
Jacky Henin (GUE/NGL ). –
(FR)
Mr President, faced with risks to safety and the environment, with the practices of a sector that too often treats its employees as modern-day slaves, and with the expected major increase in traffic flows, the Commission seems to be realising that the problem is a serious one and that something needs to be done about it. Free and fair competition is leading us into disaster. We have before us a proposal to develop the motorways of the sea, rail and intermodality and to help industrial and non-industrial SMEs. In parallel to this, however, the Commission is continuing its crusade to privatise the railways, without even reviewing ten disastrous years. This direction is the right one to take, but there are not enough resources to make it credible.
That is why my group is calling for a separate vote on Mr Rack's report and on the opinion of the Committee on Budgets. We will be voting against this opinion, because it can be summed up as 'tell me what you are missing, and I will tell you how to do without it'.

