Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-27-Speech-3-104"

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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	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020227.6.3-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-27-Speech-3-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristina Gutiérrez-cortines2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to address the House to talk about the issue of sustainable development at the Barcelona European Council. The Commission’s resolution clearly contains many interesting points; but in relation to Amendment No 10, which discusses information and the sustainability reports which have to be produced in order to receive Structural Funds and in relation to the Spanish National Hydrological Plan, I wish to say that I am very concerned, because the criteria for sustainability are not well-defined at the moment. We have no good definition of what we consider to be sustainable and this leads to subjective views, propaganda and unjust positions. I believe it is necessary to improve the criteria that are going to define sustainability with an open mind, because the integral policy requires that we incorporate the multifaceted nature of sustainability. But we must also take account of territorial criteria. We must therefore employ objective and territorial parameters, since sustainable development always affects a specific territory. In this respect, climate change, for example, cannot only be applied to gas emissions, but also to desertification, which is perfectly quantifiable, and to rain levels. Something else also worries me, however. While we have managed to incorporate sustainability and the environment into a transversal policy, the latter, the environment, must also open the door to social and economic criteria. There cannot be sustainability without an assessment of the social impact, of the habitability of regions, of the negative economic impact and of the costs. We must therefore enrich the criteria for sustainable development, otherwise we will create situations of asymmetry and injustice which make it difficult to implement energy and water policies in the future."@en1

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