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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of the EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110214.17.1-186-500"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-14-Speech-1-185-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:János Áder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2012-05-09)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-05-09)3 unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség-Keresztény Demokrata Néppárt (2009-07-14--2012-05-09)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-09-16--2012-05-09)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	". It has long been considered a hackneyed saying in scientific life that there are three main strategic treasures which man will even go to war to obtain. These treasures are the earth’s oil, food and fresh water reserves. In Europe, the Danube is the river with the largest fresh water reserve. All its other advantages – from transport to energy production – can only be secondary in the light of the importance of water as a strategic commodity. As I have emphasised in several of my speeches in Parliament, it is for this reason that for me, the Danube strategy must be primarily a means of protecting potable water supplies. Incidentally, my position on this coincides with EU endeavours aiming to ensure compliance with the European Union’s water quality requirements set out in the Water Framework Directive. I therefore believe that if, during the implementation of the strategy in practice, the interests of water source protection and energy production, or water source protection and inland shipping and transport, potentially clash, concessions must be made to this as the number one priority. In the light of all this, I find it surprising that the Commission’s communication includes specific targets under the scope of the development of Danube shipping which stipulate that there must be a 2.5 metre draught for vessels on the river every day of the year. One reason why this condition is particularly strange is because, to the best of my knowledge, it failed to win the approval of not only Hungarian water specialists but also their Austrian and German colleagues."@en1

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