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Madam President, I thank Mrs Hassi for the way in which she conducted the whole negotiation in a very open and inclusive way, so that we all knew what was happening at every moment. I should also like to thank the Commission staff, who helped us a great deal in terms of the agreement that we have reached tonight.
We have a compromise, but the question is whether it is good enough. Yes, there are some very good things in the compromise, which I welcome – and Mrs Hassi has listed them – but the Socialist Group believes that we still need to go further. We would have liked to see sulphur control areas extended to all EU waters. We want to see this as one step towards the use of lower-sulphur fuel in our shipping areas. In other words, we want to see a second phase in the legislation. We take the review clause, which was the object of the compromise, very seriously indeed. We hope that the Commission will go out and work in the IMO to bring more areas under the scope of this legislation.
It is legislation that will make a difference. Two of the ports listed in the top 100 worst polluted ports in Europe are in my constituency. Last week, I was in one of those areas and was told about the black soot that lands on people’s washing lines and windows and affects people’s health. This is a piece of legislation that will help improve the environment and people’s health.
It is a pity that we are here yet again at 11.45 p.m. discussing important pieces of environmental legislation when the media has gone to bed and nobody is watching us. I am sure you will agree that these are important pieces of legislation. We should ask the services to make sure that we have these debates at a time when we can show people that the EU really is working on their behalf to do things that are in their best interests."@en1
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