Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-21-Speech-4-176"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, I wish to begin, of course, by expressing my solidarity with the communities that have been affected. On these occasions, we must focus on what is most urgent: the need to mobilise technical and financial resources in order to minimise environmental damage, to regenerate ecosystems and to support the economic activities that have been affected by this accident.
There is, however, a debate which, although not quite as urgent, is nonetheless of the utmost importance: that of responsibility. In this matter, the ‘polluter pays’ rule must be enforced, by investigating, prosecuting and punishing those responsible. We must, however, go beyond looking for someone to blame. We must determine the responsibility, firstly of those who should have inspected but did not and of those who did inspect but did not act. Secondly, we must determine the responsibility of those who managed the crisis, in particular, we must clarify the reason why the EU as a whole was not involved in managing the risk from the very outset, given that it was known that the consequences of the accident would easily move beyond the confines of one country and would affect the entire natural heritage of Europe.
As for the future, I hope that the Member States will heed the well-drafted call and the leadership of Commissioner de Palacio, with a view to immediately implementing the ‘Erika I’ and ‘Erika II’ packages and give a boost to the creation of the European Safe Seas Agency."@en1
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