Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-07-Speech-4-313"
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"en.20101007.29.4-313"2
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"Is the European Parliament willing to vote for a moratorium on all new offshore oil drilling? That is the way to learn from the human and ecological tragedy of the oil catastrophe that took place on 20 April in the Gulf of Mexico: 11 dead, 800 millions litres of oil spilled and the devastation of biodiversity. That is the only real political issue of today’s vote. By rejecting the moratorium, Parliament’s plenary has sent a clear message which does not address people’s concerns at all. Nonetheless, it is perfectly obvious that offshore drilling is a risky operation and every precautionary measure has to be taken: strengthening the principle of environmental liability, establishing a special European fund to be maintained by mandatory contributions from operators of offshore installations, especially when drilling is carried out in the Arctic under conditions of extreme cold and at great depths. One thing is clear: by refusing to vote for a suspension of new offshore drilling operations, the European Parliament falls short of the European Commission’s position of a de facto moratorium, as announced in Commissioner Oettinger’s speech on 7 July."@en1
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