Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-07-03-Speech-1-171"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Batteries, accumulators and their waste (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060703.20.1-171"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-07-03-Speech-1-1722
lpv:speaker	lp:Carl Schlyter2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Miljöpartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, thank you, Mr Blokland, for a long fight that eventually led to an acceptable result. The Council was pulled this way and that by the industry’s lobbyists and fought against the best interests of consumers and the environment. I wonder what EU citizens would say if they knew that a majority of their governments were fighting against the consumers’ right to know the capacity of the batteries they buy. The Council wants us to buy a pig in a poke. What would voters say if they knew that the Council did not want batteries to be easily removable so that they might be recycled easily or have their lifetime extended? What would voters say if they knew that their governments were fighting tooth and nail to obtain the lowest possible level of liability in respect of extremely poisonous heavy metals? As luck would have it, Parliament succeeded in putting most things right, but, scandalously enough, cadmium batteries in hand tools are still permitted. On this issue, the industry lobby unfortunately won, both in the Council and in Parliament. Thank you, Mr Blokland. You have done a good job, and I shall vote in favour of the report."@en1

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