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Mr President, just recently the Hungarian National Assembly presented a sculpture named ‘The Rediscovered Europe’ as a gift to the European Parliament. This sculpture reminds us once again that Europe is not just a continent, or a political and economic unit, but also an imaginary person. Europe not only needs competition, development and infrastructure, but, like any woman, she also needs care in order to preserve her beauty and natural assets. Many natural assets such as lakes, rivers, forests and fields have already been destroyed by industry, urban planning and intensive agriculture. Now it is really our last chance to save the remaining natural sites in our Member States. That is why the Socialist Group welcomes the Commission’s Natura 2000 initiative without any hesitation. We also welcome every further step to strengthen the programme. We have consulted many environmental NGOs in Brussels and at home and have built their suggestions into our amendments. Natura 2000 can work only with the active support of local communities, NGOs, and rank and file people – men and women, young and old, who just like the beauties of nature without any political statement. The Socialist Group is committed to providing a clean natural environment for every European citizen.
The Commission’s original communication envisaged EUR 6.1 billion per year for the project. We considered it a brave and encouraging step. Later, we heard that, due to co-financing, the Member States would have to cover half of that sum. For new Member States like my country, Hungary, it is not easy to secure money, but we are committed to doing our best to save our unique and untouched natural sites. However, at least half of the sum should be guaranteed by the EU, which is why I have tabled an amendment to ensure that at least the minimum sum of EUR 3.05 billion per year, or EUR 25.35 billion between 2006 and 2013, is guaranteed by the Commission.
On Monday evening, the amendment was carried unanimously in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. It is very sad to see that the PPE-DE Group has changed its mind once more and wants to delete the reference to a concrete sum in the report. I am very disappointed by that approach. Without money, we can tell fairy tales for 1001 nights, but not a single tree or one square metre of a lake will be spared from destruction.
The Socialist Group keeps to a straight path and we do not change our standpoint from one day to the next. We support the report as it has already been accepted by the Environment Committee, and ask other Groups to also say ‘no’ to those who try to start cutting the budget for nature and the future of Europe’s environmental assets. The voting list for tomorrow will speak for itself."@en1
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