Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-07-04-Speech-2-390"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060704.35.2-390"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-07-04-Speech-2-3912
lpv:speaker	lp:Kartika Tamara Liotard2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (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 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, first of all, of course, I must congratulate my group colleague Mr Seppänen on his outstanding report; he is right to stress the primary responsibility that is incumbent on the Member States where the storage or processing of nuclear waste is concerned, and they certainly have one when it comes to refusing to accept waste from outside their own borders. While that is a fundamental right that must under no circumstances be undermined by European regulation, I do believe that national responsibility goes even further, in that those who produce nuclear waste can never shrug off the responsibility for ensuring that it is processed and stored in a proper manner, even if that is done in another country. The way in which EU Member States now ship their rubbish to such countries as Russia, only for it to be there stored under grossly unsatisfactory conditions, is nothing short of scandalous. Europe’s negligence with nuclear waste makes victims of the local population and of the environment. If countries choose to use such a dangerous and environmentally-unfriendly source of energy as nuclear power, they should be required to clear up their own refuse themselves rather than dumping it on the people of poorer countries outside the EU. Those who really do want to do something practical to address the problem of nuclear waste in Europe should first give their attention to where it comes from, or else they will simply be fighting a running battle. It is particularly disappointing to see how nuclear power, after a period deservedly spent on the fringes of the energy debate, is now creeping back on to the European agenda, for, being neither environmentally friendly, safe, nor good value, it is not an acceptable alternative, and the problem with waste is a good example of why it is not one."@en1

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