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"Mr President, I live in a very small region called Asturias, which has suffered from various restructuring processes in recent years, in particular that of the mining industry, which we are discussing today. In recent years our number of miners has dropped from twenty-four thousand to around eight thousand. I therefore share the desire expressed by my colleagues the Chairman of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, Mr Westendorp, and Mr Rapkay, that we should adopt the Commission’s proposal, for various reasons. First of all because it guarantees aid until 2010 and gives us some time. Secondly, because it also talks about CO2 emissions, and rightly points out that, with the decrease in coal production CO2 emissions associated with its use have decreased, and because it states that, with the current directives on emissions, industries are obliged to ensure that their new processing plants make a more serious effort to prevent pollution and use the latest techniques available.
The Commission also highlights the social and regional consequences, and no one here can forget them. I think that each of us is aware that in Germany, Asturias, León (our neighbouring Autonomous Community) the same thing is happening and we know what happens when miners’ families and the whole industry surrounding them are left without work. The Commission therefore also highlights the need to maintain regional cohesion. And we need to take into account, Mr President, that the most recent agreement, for example in Spain, between the government and the unions, extended decreases in production.
I would like to finish, Mr President, by saying that the only concern we have about the Commission’s proposal is regarding what will happen after 2010."@en1
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