Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-098"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.18.1-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Karatzaferis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-21--2007-09-25)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 unknown; Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos - G. Karatzaferis (2005-11-24--2007-09-25)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, let the truth be told: the discussions taking place about cars are being held hostage to the seven oil sisters and the large automobile industries that control the governments of the major countries of Europe and America, which are imposing this regime. Car engines have not changed for a hundred years, while mobile telephone technology changes every month. Why are we being held hostage to this fuel and these derivatives? It is a huge issue. The major scientist and inventor from Thessaloniki, who found a cheap method of splitting hydrogen, was sent packing, as were numerous other inventors who found other ways, other fuels to prevent our being slaves to oil. We have heard numerous proposals here concerning the ratios between pollutants and taxation. It is one correct way forward. However, is car safety not also a correct way forward? Because, in an accident, an unsafe car injures more people who, when hospitalised, naturally affect other people's revenue. Therefore a safe car should pay less tax. But that is another viewpoint. I should like to mention the situation in Greece. We in Greece have higher registration taxes than any other country. Both the socialist government and the conservative government maintained high taxes. For example, we earn half what the inhabitants of Luxembourg earn. They earn EUR 1 000 and we earn 500; they pay EUR 20 000 for a car and we pay 40 000. We have the most expensive cars in Europe. We need justice at long last. We need a uniform standard. The poorest country in Europe, with its deficits, cannot have the most expensive cars just because certain people cannot find a different ratio."@en1

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