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"Mr President, my heart goes out to the Galicians, and to the people who are clearing up the oil, which is now more than a metre thick. Unfortunately, however, we do not have an emergency response team, and we do not have a professional approach. I find this particularly regrettable. We must, however, stop simply passing the buck. Naturally it is important to have this discussion, but not now, and not here. It is much more important to pay attention to making sure that Europe’s coastline is protected. My colleague Mr Dirk Sterckx’s specific suggestions about ports of refuge are particularly appropriate. I would like to call upon the Commission and Council to avoid hot-air politics when it comes to the safety of shipping.
I support the Commission in respect of the agency and the exercising of controls, as Mrs de Palacio has just mentioned. A ban on single-hull tankers carrying crude oil is soap-box politics and avoids the actual structural problems of international shipping. A well-maintained single-hull tanker is safer than a badly maintained double-hull tanker. I am not a fan of the IMO, but it is absolutely necessary for coming to agreements and for honouring and implementing agreements that are already in place. It looks as if we are creating a more realistic policy than the one you are proposing.
In my opinion it is important to negotiate with Russia on the control of ships that are loaded there and travel along the European coast to Africa. I think that it is very important to check classification agencies so that we know the responsibilities of the skippers, captains and shipowners and in particular in order to plan clear shipping routes. I hope that this will result in a better policy."@en1
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