Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-084"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Passenger car related taxes (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.18.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Margrete Auken2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DEVE (2005-01-26--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistisk Folkeparti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, this proposal will fortunately not be implemented. There is a blocking minority in the Council, and that is something of which we in Denmark approve – most of us, anyway - for the high registration tax has meant that, in Denmark as in a number of other countries, we have fewer and fewer cars. It is the purchase of cars that determines how many cars will be driven. If people own cars, they will drive them. A high registration tax is therefore a very good thing if we want to limit the number of cars. Go to Denmark or the Netherlands, and you will see that it works. Clearly, a registration tax of this kind, as well as an annual tax, should be established on the basis of consumption. It should not be arranged on a proportional basis, as proposed here, but in such a way that we obtain results reminiscent of those we have seen in connection with refrigerators. A noticeable difference has been made where proper tax increases have been implemented. From almost every point of view, the present proposal will involve environmental damage. We are seeing many more cars, and with proportionality there will be more cars that are significantly more polluting and that consume more energy. In actual fact, there is a lot to suggest that Volkswagen and other representatives of the car industry have successfully got a handle on this matter, and when I hear the car industry lobbying really hard in Denmark to have registration tax abolished, I know that it is, of course, because they are counting on selling more cars as a result. They are not counting on selling cleaner cars or cars that consume less energy. On the contrary, they are producing huge numbers of cars that cause a very great deal of pollution and consume a very great deal of energy. I would therefore thank you for not allowing this proposal to be implemented. We hope to see a better proposal."@en1

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