Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-313"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Application of the Århus Convention to EC institutions and bodies2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.23.2-313"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-3142
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristina Gutiérrez-cortines2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; CONT (2005-01-18--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I would like to express my agreement with Mrs Korhola; I really cannot agree with Amendments 22, 23 and 25. I believe that the Århus Convention, which is already being transposed in some countries, such as Spain, is clearly a victory for the possibility of transparency, training and so forth. Nevertheless, I am extremely worried that positions that move away from the common sense demonstrated by the Council and from the Commission's position intend to give non-governmental organisations excessive legal capacity, in my view, as Mrs Korhola has said. I believe that democracy must be symmetrical. It is not logical that non-governmental organisations should have more rights than local councils in this field. Neither do I believe that regions can have a particular capacity which we here would give them. Furthermore, there is a principle in law, that of direct interest, which has been the subject of much debate in legal history and which is normally applied to the family or to certain problems that occur in the territory in question. Nevertheless, I believe that applying direct interest to any NGO in Europe would take us into the realm of infinite law, and we would have no idea where that would end. I believe that this may create a huge number of problems, above all because, as we know, sustainable development requires knowledge of the direct resource, because not every case is the same. The main principle, which we have raised here many times, is that the concept of sustainable development is integral, it must relate to a specific place, and in one place certain things can be done for economic and social reasons which cannot be done in another place. The idea, therefore, that certain NGOs, often not located in the relevant place, can demand this right by virtue of their interest in the environment, seems to me to be excessive. I therefore agree with the Council’s position."@en1

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