Desværre har ordføreren, hr. Sterckx, ikke taget krisen i den internationale personbefordring med jernbane som udgangspunkt, men jernbaneselskabernes irritation. Disse vil hellere have selvregulering end en pligt, der kan gennemtvinges af EU, til i fællesskab at nå op på det tyske kvalitetsniveau.
It is unfortunate that Mr Sterckx, the rapporteur, has not taken the crisis in international passenger transport by rail as his point of departure, but rather the irritation of railway companies that would prefer self-regulation to a requirement imposed from the European level that they should achieve the German quality standard.