Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-23-Speech-1-084"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Compensation to crime victims2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020923.6.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-23-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Chantal Cauquil2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Lutte ouvrière (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2003-04-23)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we have nothing against compensating the victims of crime nor anything against easing the bureaucracy which often causes delays in pay-outs. We must however widen the notion of crime and resulting compensation to include ecological crimes or crimes full stop which have been committed by employers who, in order to increase their shareholders’ profit, cut back on measures in place to prevent accidents. Industrial disasters, such as those which occurred at the AZF factory at Toulouse in France, at Lanhelas in Portugal and at Enschede in the Netherlands, to mention but a few, have all had tragic consequences in terms of human life and in material terms. How many deaths have been caused as a result of asbestos misuse by firms, including after such a time when the harmful character of this substance was already well known? It is often some of the richest and most powerful companies that are involved, therefore those responsible are solvent. In this case, it is obviously not the tax payer who must pay but the employers concerned who must foot the full bill for the damage they have caused. We must, above all, force them to take the necessary measures in terms of security and control in order to prevent this type of accident."@en1

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