Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-06-09-Speech-4-069-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-06-09"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Lena Ek2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, this is not an internal German issue, but a European issue. It is vital that nuclear facilities across Europe are both safe and seen to be safe. The mistakes of the first banking stress test must therefore not be repeated; we do not need another pointless PR exercise. It is the responsibility of the Commission to make sure that the stress tests are conducted in a solid, transparent and comprehensive manner and that they have real consequences. If a plant fails the test and if the issues raised cannot be remedied, it should be shut down. The proposed stress tests are, however, too weak. The ALDE Group has called for the entire safety culture and the human factor to be included in the test. This is unfortunately not the case. I sincerely hope that the Commission finds another way forward to test the safety culture. For instance, I expect the Commission to put forward proposals as part of the revision of the nuclear safety directive to remedy these problems. This includes the issues that you raised, Commissioner, of security in respect of decommissioning and waste. The stress test also lacks clear wording on the need for the independence and transparency of the tests. There will be a peer review, with representatives from Member States other than the one where the concerned nuclear plant is situated, but they will not necessarily be fully independent. That is a problem. These are all problems for the credibility of the tests, but the stress tests are only the beginning. We need a strategy which goes beyond this and that provides European common standards guaranteeing a high level of nuclear safety and information. The safety of nuclear power plants is a European issue. Looking ahead, we should implement stricter safety standards than the International Atomic Energy Agency recommendations and the rest of the world. If you look at the information and the transparency in the Fukushima accident, there is a real need for a European platform and for European regulation on this issue. European citizens expect and deserve the best possible safety for their nuclear power plants. There is precious little time and there is a heavy responsibility on the European Commission, and certainly more now on the Member States, who are weakening and backing off from what they promised initially after what happened in Japan. We ask the Commission to assume its responsibilities and we ask the Council, which is not here, to meet the expectations of the European citizens when it comes to nuclear safety in Europe."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2011-09-28)3,3 substitute; FEMM (2009-07-16--2011-09-28)3,3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2011-09-28)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2011-09-28)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-17--2011-09-28)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2011-09-28)3,3 unknown; Centerpartiet (2009-07-14--2011-09-28)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lena Ek,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group."1
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