During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the rights of passengers.

Strasbourg

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plenary session

passenger rights (T)

AYALA SENDER, Inés (S&D, ES)

KALLAS, Siim (EE, EC)

CANCIAN, Antonio (EPP, IT)

SIMPSON, Brian (S&D, UK)

Passenger rights: extracts from the debate

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SOUNDBITE (Italian), Antonio CANCIAN (EPP, IT), I can not hide up the feeling that the member states don't want the regulation . The dossier on which I was the rapportuer is very delicate, because it's requires a balanced solution, avoiding penalising the companies but takes accounts of the right of passengers, and avoid penalising the g the transport companies the curriers.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), In&#233;s AYALA SENDER (S&amp;D, ES), rapporteur, This agreements will improves passengers rights particularly those with reduce mobility and those with disabilities . We are extending the scope of the application in line with the EP initial position.

SOUNDBITE (English), Siim KALLAS, European Commissioner for Transports, Major controversial issues are the scope of application the provisions and liability and assistance to meet the immediate practical needs of passengers in case of accidents well as profusion to failure the mobility of persons with reduces mobility and disabled persons . The Commission has been making great efforts to facilitate the compromise deal, unfortunately it was not possible to find and agreement and the Commission regrets so. A strong vote of the plenary in favour of a high level of protection for bus and coach passengers could be a good sign. Personally I want to stay optimistic and think that compromise in conciliation is still possible.

SOUNDBITE (English), Brian SIMPSON (S&amp;D, UK), The failure as yet to agree a forum of bus and coach travels is disappointing but we will curry on trying in the intermediate period to have an agreement. And it's in this area that I wish to concentrate on today. Clearly would be non sensitive and not fair to have passengers rights in other modes of transport but not buses and coaches. There for an agreement or deal which it does not include busses and coaches is a pretty wordless and incomplete deal.