Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-04-Speech-4-079"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-12-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20081204.3.4-079"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-04-Speech-4-0802
lpv:speaker	lp:Åsa Westlund2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Arbetarepartiet- Socialdemokraterna (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Council and Parliament are after all negotiating at present on the climate change package. Whilst it would be a fantastic achievement for the cooperation if we could get this in place before Christmas, I must say that I am very concerned at the direction the negotiations are taking. According to the latest research, we would need to reduce emissions by than the amount prescribed by the climate change package. Yet the Council of Ministers, and particularly a number of governments of the right represented therein, are moving towards a watering down of the package. Moreover, as a Swede it is with a heavy heart that I note that the Swedish Conservative-controlled Government is one of the main players preventing the EU from making progress on the climate change package. For a number of reasons the majority of the EU’s emissions reductions must take place on home soil: firstly, because we have a moral responsibility to reduce our own emissions; secondly, because it is by taking the lead and showing that reduced emissions are compatible with high economic growth that we can get other countries to sign up to an international climate change agreement; thirdly, because we must have an incentive in place if our industry is to develop the new green technology required in order for us to be competitive in the future. I would therefore urge Parliament to oppose the Swedish Government’s position and to assert that the bulk of the emissions reduction must take place in Europe; and also that a proportion of the revenues from emissions trading should go to developing countries. Then we will be credible, and then we will be able to get an international climate agreement in place in Copenhagen in autumn 2009."@en1
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