Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-04-21-Speech-3-168"

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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	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100421.7.3-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-04-21-Speech-3-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Marian-Jean Marinescu2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; EPP (2009-11-25--2012-02-02)3 unknown; Partidul Democrat-Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to begin by thanking the Commissioner for the balanced position which she presented in opening this debate. Technologies which use cyanide are hazardous. However, there are also other technologies which are just as hazardous, for instance, the production of nuclear technology. There are regulations, standards and norms in place to prevent accidents. We do not need to apply a ban; we simply have to observe the rules. The resolution mentions 30 accidents over the last 25 years. It does not specify how many of them occurred in Europe because there have been very few, mainly in countries which were not members of the European Union at the time of the accident. In fact, the Commission tightened up the regulations as a result of the unfortunate accident which occurred in 2000. Cyanide technology is used to obtain a variety of products, including even pharmaceutical products and vitamins. The resolution only discusses mining and, specifically, gold production. Why? The reason is that the problem is not actually with cyanide but with gold. Not only is there a request to ban this technology, but also to halt ongoing projects by the date of the supposed ban. The only future project I am aware of in Europe involving the mining of gold is in Romania. Fellow Members, I would like to ask you to read the resolution text closely; in particular, statements such as ‘heavy rain in the future will increase the risk of leaks’ or ‘the mining industry offers few job opportunities and only then with limited prospects of 16 years’ or ‘human negligence may occur because some Member States are incapable of enforcing the legislation’. I do not think that such statements have any place in a European Parliament text. This is why, fellow Members, please weigh up both the reasons for and consequences of voting against a resolution which diminishes our credibility before the Commission and reduces the chance of the motions for resolutions approved in the European Parliament being taken into consideration not only in the current case, but also in general."@en1
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