Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-10-Speech-2-402"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090310.34.2-402"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-10-Speech-2-4032
lpv:speaker	lp:Jeanine Hennis-plasschaert2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the only reason – at least the way I see it – to look seriously at this proposal at all is that it creates a European framework for Member States to work within, which ultimately benefits the internal market. Indeed, the ‘green’ concept is being misused with increasing frequency for the purposes of a kind of protectionism. The sectoral driving bans in Austria are a good example of this. We have come a long way. A few tricky points remain under discussion, however. Let me be clear that, as far as I am concerned, the possibility of a congestion charge for road freight transport is inadmissible, and I also consider the abandonment of earmarking unacceptable. As my colleague Mr Sterckx said earlier, if, at second reading, it emerges that there is no majority in this House and in the Council in favour of these positions, the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe will withdraw its support for the proposal. Road freight transport is an important driving force for our economy. It is particularly important that we do not lose sight of that fact – certainly not at this time. Allow me, too – I say this particularly with the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in mind – to conclude with an old Dutch saying: the bull-in-a-china-shop approach rarely works."@en1
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