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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7753

26 July 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/transports
Adopting Jarzembowski and Swoboda reports, European Parliament confirms aim of global liberalisation of railways for 2010, opposing Council significantly more prudent compromise

Strasbourg, 06/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - Following the broad guidelines of its rapporteur Georg Jarzembowski, the European Parliament confirmed, with a majority, the goal of the total liberalisation of the European railways by 2010, thus opposing the Council compromise that limited itself to foreseeing the liberalisation for a transeuropean freight rail network (so as to gain the consent of the two most reticent countries, France and Belgium). A conciliation procedure will be necessary...

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