Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-08-Speech-2-019"
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"Mr President, I wish to thank the rapporteur, Mr Libicki, Chairman of the Committee on Petitions. Here we are certainly dealing with a petition by European citizens, representing thousands of people concerned about the construction of a gas pipeline to link up Russia and Germany.
In particular, there must be a certain amount of doubt as to the bilateral nature of the agreement between Russia and Germany, involving firms such as
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to build one of the world’s longest pipelines. The intention is to build the pipeline in the middle of the Baltic Sea so it does not have to go through Poland and the Baltic States.
Yes, this project is a political bypass, and yes, it is a bypass that not only gets round any of the potential political problems involved with building it on land, but it also shows utter contempt for the EU’s common energy policy and weakens its position in terms of relations with Russia. The bilateral energy agreements with Russia with hardly any EU coordination are also bad news for a solid EU foreign policy with a single voice.
The project intends to cross a fragile sea already polluted by toxic products, with an extremely limited natural water replacement rate. The consequences of any accidents would be catastrophic for all border states. Above all, we must insist on decisive application of the precautionary principle, together with an exhaustive environmental assessment to examine all the alternatives, and strict compliance with all international regulations.
The best way of guaranteeing our energy security is to have a coordinated EU policy with the strictest environmental requirements."@en1
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