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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of World Summit on Sustainable Development2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020925.1.3-046"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-25-Speech-3-0472
lpv:speaker	lp:Benedetto Della Vedova2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioners, I believe that we are all staunch advocates of the need to improve the quality of the environment. I am, however, convinced that we must take as a starting point the consideration that the quality of life and, in many respects, the quality of the environment in the world too are not declining, as some people would have us believe, and that we must therefore avoid any form of disaster-mongering, and I am thinking here of the – subsequently disregarded – predictions of disasters which characterised the environmentalism of the 1970s, from Stockholm to the Rome Club. This does not, however, mean reducing our efforts to address environmental issues, which are, moreover, the items on the Johannesburg agenda. I have two points to make in this regard. Firstly, as, moreover, has been pointed out repeatedly by Members too, I am convinced that one of the decisive factors in improving the quality of life of many peoples and, therefore, of the environment, is the need to open up markets to international trade. I believe that the United States, the subject of much criticism in this House, is right on this point, and I feel that Europe must do more in the area of agricultural policy, agricultural protectionism and other forms of trade protectionism. We would point out that the initiative of which the Commission is so proud – and it is right, in part, to be so – provides for the elimination of all agricultural duties and quotas on products such as sugar, rice and bananas imported from the poorest countries. This is the commitment we Europeans have to make good. Secondly, the countries which do most to protect the environment are democratic countries where human rights are respected, the countries with open economies. The increase in development aid has been mentioned: that is all well and good, but I would point out, first and foremost to the European Commissioners and Commissioner Nielson, that much of the aid which Europe appropriates serves to fund dictatorships, non-democratic countries, countries without open economies. In those countries, our funding does not lead to improvement of either the quality of the environment or environmental policies."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Everything but Arms"1

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