Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-30-Speech-3-137"
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"Mr President, we need to apply a real environmental policy in Europe in order to respect the environment – our environment – in recognition of the fact that we have a duty to pass the natural universal heritage on to future generations intact. In doing so, we must ensure that environmental policy in Europe is based not on ideology but on the concept of responsibility. Let us apply the principle of subsidiarity to the management of pollution problems.
For example, local authorities should have
to deal with air pollution in our cities. Polluted rivers are a matter for the countries along their banks. They should be free to decide what to do – as long as they are efficient. Changes to the climate of the planet, on the other hand, are a global issue. Europe should take a common stand at international environmental fora and should set the Member States objectives in framework directives, leaving them to decide how to achieve them.
To conclude, we should not regulate everything from Brussels or Strasbourg. Decisions taken closer to the ground will be more suitable and, by definition, better understood. Surely the ambition of the European Union is to be better understood by the people."@en1
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