00:00Simplifying those rules is not about lowering standards, but it is about recognizing that if we keep piling rules on
00:09top of rules without thinking about how they work, in the real world, then sooner rather than later, we end
00:16up making things harder for our own companies than for everyone or anyone else.
00:21This is also why the automotive package now on the table is something the European Parliament has long called for,
00:28because we know that what our manufacturers need above all is predictability and the breathing space to adapt and stay
00:38competitive.
00:39I started these remarks with a small anecdote of driving holidays across Germany on purpose.
00:46By the way, my little country did not show on the map that you showed at the beginning, so maybe
00:50you should add it.
00:52There's a little ferry that you need to take, but then you get on the road.
00:56So I know that, and in this case, going back to seriousness, what the automotive industry means to this country
01:05and to this continent.
01:07For too long, we almost made people feel guilty about driving a car or made it impossible to produce a
01:17cheaper, small version or worse, in some places, subsidized competitors from third countries in our Europe, on this continent.
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