Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-12-Speech-1-080"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safety at sea2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040112.7.1-080"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-12-Speech-1-0812
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2002-08-29--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2002-11-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, circumstances are such that we are speaking this evening about safety, the safety of our fellow citizens. We began by speaking about air safety and now we are moving on to maritime safety. We have been talking about these problems and about marine pollution for four years now and I hope that in a few years’ time we will not need to talk about them much more. For our part, we can only hope so, but when, while watching French television last weekend, I again saw Atlantic beaches soiled by oil slicks (whether they came from the or from uncontrolled degassing on the high seas is not known), I said to myself that there is reason to question the effectiveness of the legislation we have been putting in place for four years. I would nevertheless like to add my voice to the compliments addressed to the Commissioner for the energy she has shown in trying to overcome the inertia of our governments and ministers in this field. If they had listened to her, I do not think we would be where we are now. We are here to support her and to demonstrate to our citizens once again that we really do want to put all this legislation in place and see that it is obeyed. We know only too well, however, that if legislation is to be obeyed there must be sanctions. We will not achieve anything so long as there are no sanctions or they are not enforced. That is why we have met this evening and I would like to congratulate the various authors of the texts that are the subject of this debate and say how important it is that we should define the crime of ‘illegal discharges’ and insist on the necessary coordination so that the Member States will at last work by common agreement. I will close by saying that the drafting of a clear follow-up document based on the work of the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Maritime Safety should enable us to give the Commissioner our support on these problems of marine pollution and responsibility."@en1
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