Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-25-Speech-1-079"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cleaner air for Europe – Thematic strategy on air pollution (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060925.13.1-079"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-25-Speech-1-0802
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie Anne Isler Béguin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, if we want to combat air pollution effectively and to get results in the area of health, then we have to adopt far more ambitious drafts in this House. The poor excuse about certain Member States encountering difficulties in implementing environmental legislation is no longer acceptable, because people’s health is no longer a matter for negotiation. The cost of diseases caused by air pollution is rising on a daily basis. The fact is that it is the authorities that are currently picking up the bill for health care, as the cost of this is not yet integrated into our budgets. What is more, economists estimate that the price of a gallon of oil, which currently stands at USD 3, will have to be increased to USD 10 in order to integrate the cost of health care and climate change. That is what would profoundly change the situation. The Union must not grow weak, Commissioner, on environmental policy, as its cunning game of simplifying and merging the European legal texts would suggest that it has a tendency to do. That is why the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance is calling for more binding approaches, particularly in relation to PM 2.5, and for the abolition of the derogations. The threat of an environmental disaster that hangs over us, ladies and gentlemen, requires drastic measures, and an example of this comes for once from the United States, where the State of California has provided food for thought by lodging a complaint against the largest car manufacturers for damage to the environment and public health. Finally, I would like to say a few words to our dear friend, Mr Sjöstedt. I believe that we are going to miss your perspective on matters at the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, but we wish you well on the other side of the border, on the other side of the European Union. Take along with you, too, the message about protecting nature. Thank you."@en1

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