Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-25-Speech-1-087"

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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.20060925.13.1-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-25-Speech-1-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Françoise Grossetête2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-02-14)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, air quality is one of the keys to the success of sustainable development. Our fellow citizens know what effects the quality of the air can have on their health. They are rightly worried when a school is situated near a crossroads with heavy traffic. Parents are demanding that measures in relation to air quality be implemented because they want to know what kind of air their children are breathing. The Krahmer report is useful in that it gathers together various texts in just one directive, which should enable us to improve our approach to the problem. We are therefore trying to be ambitious faced with this issue of air quality. Yet, in order to know what the quality of the air is, we first have to measure it. That means relying on organisations that are as close to the area as possible, and that are familiar with the geography of the land being studied: they are the neighbourhood networks. We know that the displacement of pollution by wind interferes with this. We also know that mountain ranges have a role to play. Pollution moves and reaches areas that are not in themselves sources of pollution. Contrary to what is said in the explanatory statement, high levels of air pollution are not always recorded in densely populated urban areas. If this European policy is to be clear, however, it must above all be consistent and be part of an integrated approach to combating climate change. It is not enough to set limit values. We also need to know what to do with them. The fight against CO2 emissions is at the heart of the proposed systems. Allow me to refer to the regulation on motor vehicle emissions, the Euro 5 regulation. The consequences of applying this regulation are already well known. If we solve the emissions problem, on the one hand, we increase CO2 emissions, on the other, and, as we know, CO2 emissions are the cause of climate change. Thus, there are many contradictions in all of that. We therefore need to be flexible. There is no use in deciding on strict measures if they cannot be applied in the Member States. We must therefore take as much time as we need. I am specifically thinking about a prevention policy that will hinge on urban transport plans and on the development of clean technologies. Be that as it may, I should like to thank all of the rapporteurs for the compromise they have reached, which seems a good one to me."@en1

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