Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-14-Speech-2-318"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Environmental legislation2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.15.2-318"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-3192
lpv:speaker	lp:Chris Davies2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, it is a pleasure to face the Commissioner for the fifth time today at this unearthly hour. I congratulate her for her efforts in trying to make sure that the habitats directive and associated directives are properly implemented. I wish her well. I have heard that some in the Commission believe that they have managed to squeeze more out of Member States in the past six months than they had in the previous six years. If that is the case then it is good news indeed. But the Commissioner is riding between two horses: one seeks to protect endangered species, the other seeks to assist the poorest parts of Europe. In fact, it is a position in which I too find myself to some extent. Some simple questions: how long is the Commissioner prepared to perform this balancing act? Just how much must Member States do to meet her requirements? Is she really prepared to tell people such as those whom I represent in Merseyside and the North-West of England that they must lose Structural Funds because their governments have failed to comply with the habitats directive? That is the balance I suppose. Fundamentally and finally, is she prepared to compromise to find solutions, if the undertakings being given by government or the work being undertaken by governments takes longer than we would wish? For example, if a Minister goes down on his knees, cut his wrists and writes a pledge in letters of blood that he will deliver the habitats directive in full within an agreed timetable, is she prepared to assist the region and provide structural funding in such circumstances?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Davies (ELDR )."1

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