Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-08-Speech-3-243"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081008.24.3-243"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-08-Speech-3-2442
lpv:speaker	lp:Kartika Tamara Liotard2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I should like to start by expressing my warm thanks to Mr Seeber. Many of us here think that clean drinking water looks like this. I should like to point out that, in a great many countries, that glass is empty. Many people have either no water or water looking like this. Debates on oil shortages are tremendously heated, and I sometimes wonder why this is not the case for water. After all, water is a matter of life or death. The world’s population is constantly increasing, and the quantities of clean drinking water available are only decreasing. Water scarcity exists even in Europe. This includes ‘hidden’ water scarcity: when, for example, households have their drinking water supplies cut off. The causes are various, for example poor sanitation systems, the creeping liberalisation of public services, the use of pesticides and artificial fertilisers, and intensive livestock farming. Did you know that producing 100 grams of beef requires 2 400 litres of water? The Commission Communication largely focuses on water saving. As far as I am concerned, this is like carrying coals to Newcastle, as the source of the problems I have just mentioned should be tackled to begin with. For example, we first need investment, throughout Europe and beyond, in proper sanitation and water purification systems. In addition, more careful use must be made of pesticides, thought must be given to the impact of intensive livestock farming on water management, and measures must be taken to combat climate change. Access to clean drinking water is a civil right, something to which everyone is entitled. The problem lies not in the availability or otherwise of sufficient drinking water, but in the distribution of clean drinking water, unnecessary pollution, and the drive towards privatisation. To give just one example, in the United Kingdom privatisation led to a sudden sharp increase in prices and in the number of households having their water supplies cut off. That is a disgrace. I would advocate leaving drinking water supplies in the public sector."@en1
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