Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-27-Speech-3-082"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Barcelona European Council2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020227.6.3-082"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-27-Speech-3-0832
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Moreira Da Silva2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2003-03-09)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-10-05)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2003-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, sustainable development is, unfortunately, still a cause that needs to be pursued and is not yet a reality to be improved on. Ten years after the Rio do Janeiro Summit, the signs of unsustainability have grown worse and our global response is still inadequate. Against this backdrop, the fact that the Gothenburg Council adopted a European strategy for sustainable development and added an environmental dimension to the Lisbon process was of enormous importance. This decision, as well as the work to save the Kyoto Protocol, clearly demonstrated the European Union’s leadership in the field of the environment. With regard to the Barcelona Council, it is crucial that three objectives are fulfilled. First of all, it must focus on action, setting targets, timetables and specific actions to redress the lack of sustainability in the European Union. Secondly, it must indicate when and how we will move forwards with the ‘environmentalisation’ of the European Union’s common policies. Thirdly, it must approve an ambitious set of environmental indicators that will act as a point of reference for an annual assessment. I wish to make one last comment on Amendment No 10, which condemns the Spanish hydrological plan: the very credibility of the European Parliament and the interinstitutional balance are at stake here. Parliament cannot be turned into an institution of the Court of the Communities, because we would be in danger of setting an extremely serious precedent. Europe’s citizens, and indeed the members of European parliaments, have mechanisms for questioning whether given projects are lawful within the framework of the Community debate. This amendment is unacceptable, threatens the adoption of the resolution itself, and I hope, in any event, that the common sense of those who tabled it will prevail. \"@en1

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