Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-11-Speech-2-156"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ecopoint system in Austria in 20042
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030211.7.2-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-11-Speech-2-1572
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Dhaene2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Anders gaan arbeiden, leven en vrijen (2002-09-01--2004-01-07)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-09-02--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (2002-09-01--2004-01-27)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-09-26--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-09-01--2004-01-27)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I note that a lot of the speeches here have been by Dutch speakers, but that is perhaps no coincidence, as there is a hit song in the Low Countries that goes something like this: ‘I tear through the Brenner Pass in my 30-tonne diesel lorry, far from home but on top of the world’. It makes no mention of the people of Austria and the Alpine region. Whether or not were on top of the world plays no part whatsoever in this song, but it does in this report. This report epitomises European transport policy. Its significance goes beyond Austria and even the Alpine region as a whole. It is a tool in the hands of sustainable development in European transport policy. For this reason, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, via Amendments Nos 19, 20, and 21, is calling for a quick, lasting and comprehensive solution to the ecological, economic, social and safety problems which the traffic through the Alps has been causing for decades and of which the European Union is aware. The end of Austria’s ecopoint system is only acceptable if another kind of protection is brought in for the whole of the Alpine region and not just for Austria, one which has its basis in the Alpine Convention. No time vacuum should arise as regards this protection. There must also be some restriction of the number of lorries passing through the Alps. Without a clear target, there is little point to all of this. We are therefore calling for the imposition of a permanent 8% limit on growth compared to the figure for 1991. We are unable to endorse this report until a solution is found in the medium term for the Alpine region as a whole."@en1

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