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"Mr President, with regard to Mr Esclopé’s report, we are not opposed to a European compensation fund, particularly, and I quote, in order ‘to ensure adequate compensation of pollution damage in EU waters resulting from the transport of oil […] by sea’. We are, however, opposed to the fact that this fund is, ultimately, paid for by taxpayers. It is up to polluters to pay for all the damages that they have caused, either directly or indirectly, not to mention the financial penalties that apply for having failed to avoid causing pollution. That was not the case in the sinking of the
where, moreover, the charterer was Elf; in other words, one of the richest oil companies in the European Union.
Furthermore, even with the help of various compensation funds, the victims of the oil slick have still not received adequate compensation and some have not even received any. The individuals responsible for damages are themselves threatened with court action, or even prison in order to force them to face up to their responsibilities. In order to force the guilty oil companies to do this, we must confiscate all their assets within the European Union, to make them pay immediately.
Of course, nothing of the kind has been proposed. It is for this reason that, whilst we approve some of the amendments, we shall abstain from voting on this report."@en1
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