Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-04-21-Speech-3-162"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ban on use of cyanide mining technologies (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"cs"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100421.7.3-162"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-04-21-Speech-3-1632
lpv:speaker	lp:Zuzana Roithová2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; SEDE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Křesťanská a demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-17--2013-07-03)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, at a time when we are marking the tenth anniversary of a large-scale environmental catastrophe involving the escape of cyanide into European rivers from a Romanian gold mine, we are voting on a resolution in which we demand an EU-wide ban on the extraction of gold through the use of cyanide. This is an extremely dangerous technique, not only in case of accidents, which threaten wide areas, but also because it imposes an environmental burden in the course of extraction which can no longer be tolerated. For every tonne of rock contaminated with a highly toxic material, which is broken down only with great difficulty in the environment, only a few grams of gold are extracted. At the same time, very many tonnes of this toxic rock are created. Moreover, the objections of most foreign mine owners to our activities are unfounded, since there are other, safer, if rather more expensive, methods of extraction. I would like to ask for your support in the vote on our joint resolution, through which we call on the European Commission to ban the cyanide-based technology within the EU from 2012, and also for both the Commission and the Member States not to support mining projects using cyanide within the EU or in third countries. The ban is already applied today in the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary, and other countries should also ban this mining technique. I consider it essential for mining companies to have mandatory insurance cover against damages caused through accidents, including the cost of restoring areas affected by accidents to their original state. I would like to end by emphasising that the insignificant profits obtained through the cheaper extraction of gold using cyanide cannot relieve us of the responsibility for a functioning ecosystem and for conserving the ecosystem for future generations."@en1
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