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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the directive on environmental liability was the missing link in an effective environmental policy. Given a strong and courageous directive, we could reduce environmental pollution and damage, and make the polluter pay. Will this proposed directive face up to the challenge?
After a gestation period of twenty years, the proposal is disappointing, but it can be greatly improved by the amendments put forward by the Greens and the left. For how can we protect the environment while excluding nuclear activities and GMOs? To try and protect and remedy biodiversity with a directive which establishes liability for only 13% of our territory is unacceptable. Yet the worst thing is the hypocrisy of certain Member States on the issue of environmental liability. French conservationists, who take umbrage at the level of the IOPCF payments, would do well to ask Mr Chirac, who takes pride in his environmental charter, to change the position of his government, which is campaigning in favour of exceptions to permits and against compulsory insurance. This is totally at odds with a real environmental policy, because with permits and without compulsory insurance we can expect dozens of disasters like the
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We refuse to accept this. That is why we are asking everyone to vote in favour of our amendments."@en1
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