Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-15-Speech-3-255"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU forestry strategy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060215.16.3-255"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-15-Speech-3-2562
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the rapporteur, Mr Kindermann, has drafted an excellent report on the implementation of a European Union forestry strategy. My sincere thanks go to him for that. I also wish to thank him for the excellent cooperation he showed in preparing the report. As we have already said, in the European Union forestry employs 3.4 million people, and the value of its output stands at EUR 350 billion. In many countries, such as Finland and Sweden, its importance to the economy is crucial. Aside from production, forestry provides employment for a cluster of industries related to it, among which is the very considerable metal and electrical engineering industry. Its importance will only grow as new possibilities for producing energy are sought. The EU, however, has no common forestry plan, although many areas of policy, such as rural development and environmental policy, impact greatly on this sector. It is therefore appropriate to undertake a comprehensive assessment of action on forests. The report makes the assumption that, even in the future, forestry policy itself will fall within the competence of the Member States. The tone of the report suggests that there is no desire to create new bureaucracy similar to the European Union’s agricultural policy. The report supports the Commission’s project for an action plan for sustainable forest management in the EU. The very fact that this area of policy is so fragmented makes this necessary. There have to be better guarantees for the success and future of a sector of industry that employs sustainable, renewable natural resources. The report is not in favour of setting up a separate forestry agency. This is quite right. We in the EU need to learn to rationalise our policies so as to be able to perform new tasks with the resources currently available, without always establishing new agencies. I await the Commission’s new proposals with interest."@en1

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