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It is down to the European Union to regulate emissions from combustion plants. The wind does not recognise borders, and pollutants emitted by large combustion plants pass over all the Member States as well as the candidate countries.
The main problem is to be able to fix ambitious limit values which will protect the health of all our citizens while acknowledging the possibilities of the different plants and power stations. Setting ceilings which are too high would reduce to nothing the efforts envisaged to improve the situation.
Although I voted in favour of amendments which would considerably improve the Council common position, I nevertheless declared my opposition to all the measures which, it was judged, could not be implemented at present.
Although I am in favour of reducing polluting emissions, we must be pragmatic and we must not impose criteria that industry cannot meet at least for the time being. The credibility of the European Parliament depends on the realistic objectives that Members of Parliament are invited to vote on."@en1
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