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"What can this Parliament expect from a rapporteur at second reading? What line is a parliamentary committee to take if the Council’s Common Position differs from Parliament’s position at first reading?
It is obvious that the key amendments, given this Parliament’s political vision, should be re-tabled. At present, the promotion of sustainable economic development is high on our list of priorities. We must also take subsidiarity into account, which means that we must not hinder municipalities and regions unnecessarily.
Studying the proposals of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, I rubbed my eyes in disbelief. I had been used to a great deal, but the current product deserves to be marked down emphatically as a flop. Some arguments would be enough to make you laugh if they did not concern serious matters.
What should we make, for example, of the justification to Amendment No 63: I quote: ‘Giving a weighting to each criterion is unrealistic and too mathematical an approach’. It appears that multiplying and adding up are already higher maths for the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market.
In summary, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market has not acquitted itself of its task effectively, and it is up to plenary to undo the damage with regard to how this Parliament is represented.
A municipality should be entitled to take environmental criteria into consideration in the award of a public contract. It is with good reason that Helsinki won its case when it procured clean buses. It would surely be too crazy for words if it were not possible to draw a distinction between electricity generated in an environmentally-friendly way and other electricity.
Lower authorities should be able to acquire sustainable products and services. This obviously also applies to the governments of the Member States. With a market share of 16% of the GDP, it is precisely the government that should advocate a policy that promotes sustainable products and services. If we were to overlook this, that would give a totally wrong signal to private industry, especially at a time when the latter is starting to gain an understanding of the need for sustainable products and services.
The package of amendments, which I also signed on behalf of the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities, makes the directive acceptable from an environmental perspective, and the subsidiarity principle is respected. With this, we place the responsibility for a policy of sustainability firmly with governments that take concrete decisions as closely to the citizen as possible.
As an MEP, I would not like to come face to face with a citizen who learns from his local councillor that ‘Europe’ does not allow him to secure environmentally responsible public contracts."@en1
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