Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-399"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Excise duty on alcohol (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070522.31.2-399"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-05-22-Speech-2-4002
lpv:speaker	lp:Pervenche Berès2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; ECON (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2007-01-31--2008-02-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I suspected that this debate on rates of excise duty would be passionate, and I believe that we have had a foretaste of it. Our rapporteur, who did not receive the backing of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament during the vote in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, has urged us to show courage and, to her, showing courage clearly means erasing the past today. I recognise her Luxemburgish talent in this regard, concerning rates of excise duty in the field of alcohol, but forgive me if I do not follow her along this path and do not agree to this plea in favour of fiscal competition or free movement of goods within an internal market that would not actually be one. I believe your proposal to be a good one, Commissioner. I believe that the compromise elements that are currently on the table in the Council, which take account of the reality of the rise in rates of excise duty following the enlargement of the European Union, are good ones and that we should support them. The amendments tabled by my group are along those lines and are in no way a botched job, and Mrs Lulling has clearly not understood what they are essentially about. The question is how to move forward in this field. The idea that it would be best to abandon everything on the grounds that it is a difficult task does not seem to me to be a good strategy. Furthermore, with regard to abandoning excise duties entirely, I am delighted to hear that Mrs Kaupi recognises that they can be useful, including in terms of public health, and that it is best to maintain them. Going beyond the particular problem of our Bulgarian friends, I believe that, as legislators, we must be serious and consistent and advocate maintaining the weak and inadequate tools currently in the hands of the Commission so that the operation of the internal market involves certain fiscal aspects. Commissioner, as you know, you can count on the full support of my group in this battle."@en1

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