Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-13-Speech-1-070"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-09-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Consequences of the shipwreck, off the Turkish coast, of a ship containing toxic ash2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040913.6.1-070"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-09-13-Speech-1-0712
lpv:speaker	lp:Frank Vanhecke2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2004-07-20--2007-01-14)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaams Blok (2004-07-20--2004-11-14)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in this debate about the environmental disaster involving the I hope that you will allow me to make a few observations that I see as being of fundamental importance. Firstly, the environmental disaster that we potentially face has to do with toxic waste from thermal power stations, so maybe the time has come to stop pointing to nuclear energy as the only scapegoat. In my country, for example, the government has committed itself to phasing out nuclear energy completely within the foreseeable future. It is very questionable whether the environment will eventually derive benefits from this, since there are no real alternatives at present and this is once again an illustration of the fact that the very real and serious problem of toxic waste is not only the result of nuclear energy. Secondly, I am a Euro-sceptic. I am very critical of European interference and of excessive intervention at European level in the politics and culture of our Member States, with the exception of environmental protection, which requires the closest possible cooperation. Indeed, this is one of the few areas – and one in which progress has been minimal – in which this very close cooperation is an absolute necessity and can also be democratically legitimised by public approval. Thirdly, we are once again establishing that we must strive towards the best possible relations with our neighbouring country, Turkey. I fear for the future if a blind Europeanism in this neighbouring country were to create the impression that it could, in time, really become a member of our European Union. Neither geographically, culturally, nor historically is Turkey a European country, and we must now have the courage to say so, and only on the basis of this candid stance can we, both now and in the future, maintain the best and closest friendly relations with our Turkish neighbour."@en1

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