Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-01-Speech-1-055"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Biofuels2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020701.5.1-055"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-01-Speech-1-0562
lpv:speaker	lp:Danielle Auroi2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2002-10-23)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have just arrived and I am delighted to speak on the biofuels dossier, which I worked on for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. It seems that the debate on biofuels has, in a way, put the cart before the horse, in the sense that this is, first and foremost, an agricultural problem and that it would have been more sensible to wait for the assessment of the Berlin agenda to be completed, in other words, to complete the mid-term review, so that we know exactly which direction to take for the biofuels policy. The quality of biofuel production will primarily be determined by the way in which agriculture will be managed and this is what we must bear in mind, above all else, in dealing with this subject. The biofuels in question can be manufactured using a production-based approach, with GMOs, with per-hectare inputs, but the overall ecological impact would then be negative. On the other hand, if we take the logical approach, the one which the common agricultural policy has followed for some time now, in other words, if we practise greater crop rotation and if we respect the environment as we should, then biofuels and biofuel production could become a valuable extra activity for farmers involved in direct production. It is better to produce pure biodiesel, pure oil or use biomass to produce hydrogen rather than to follow an approach whereby a small percentage of fuel of agricultural origin is blended with fuels which are themselves still fossil fuels and are therefore still products that produce a great deal of pollution during production. This line of thinking leads to an approach, which, in our view, is heading in the right direction. And since the proposed approach seems satisfactory, we shall study in detail the final decision that is taken."@en1

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