At den allerede foretagne privatisering af postvæsenet eller jernbanerne i nogle europæiske lande har vist, at hovedofrene herfor er arbejdstagerne i den offentlige sektor og brugerne, for de private virksomheder er rede til at ofre alt undtagen deres fortjeneste, hindrer ikke ordføreren i for jernbanernes vedkommende at turde forsikre, "at det nuværende sikkerhedsniveau garanteres" uden hensyn til virkeligheden.
The fact that the privatisation of the post office or the railways in those countries of Europe where this has already taken place has demonstrated that the first to suffer from this are the public sector workers and service users, since private operators are ready to sacrifice absolutely everything except their profits, does not prevent the rapporteur 's making so bold as to guarantee that "current safety levels" for rail will be maintained, despite the evidence to the contrary.