We have commented repeatedly about the interminable battles over European rail policy in recent years, and readers must forgive us for returning to the debate yet again. But there are clear signals from Brussels that time is running out. The European institutions are no longer willing to put up with the reluctance of some memberrnstates and their railways to embrace competition, warning that unless they stop their endless prevarication the money supply will be turned off.rnTransport Commissioner Siim Kallas makes no bones about the need for rail to put its house in order, telling our sister publication DVZ that 'the railways must understand that the economic competitiveness of their sector lies for a major part in their own hands'.
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