When the European Union has set itself two important objectives - the first in Lisbon, concerning the competitiveness of our continent, and the second, which has since been insufficiently implemented, in Gothenburg, concerning the sustainability of economic development on our continent - it is rather strange that there are already many contradictions in transport policy, in terms of many very different investments and trends, and of the fact that - although we hope this will soon happen - roads are, to some extent, still not paying their way in the light, for example, of the Road Costs Directive.
Det er faktisk lidt løjerligt, når EU sætter sig to vigtige mål, for det første i Lissabon, hvad vores kontinents konkurrenceevne angår, og for det andet i Göteborg, hvad bæredygtigheden for den økonomiske udvikling på vores kontinent angår, at der er mange modsigelser i trafikpolitikken, mange meget forskellige investeringer og retninger, at vejene stadig ikke - vi håber, at det sker snart - påtager sig deres del af udgifterne nogenlunde retfærdigt, f.eks. i forbindelse med direktivet om omkostninger for landevejstransport.