Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-12-Speech-1-091-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-09-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:An effective raw materials strategy for Europe (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110912.21.1-091-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Riikka Pakarinen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2010-11-22--2012-01-18)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, first of all I would like to thank the rapporteur for this very important report. Europe, and the world in general, need an effective raw materials strategy, something which has been said here on numerous occasions, to ensure that we have adequate natural resources, and, especially, critical raw materials, now and for future generations. Right at the start, I want to say that I am very pleased that, in this report, the committee has given very close attention to northern Europe, where there are substantial deposits of ores and minerals, and huge areas of forest. Northern Europe, and the Arctic regions in particular, have huge potential and a major role to play in making raw materials available, both now and in the future. It would be good if the Commission did more to investigate the extent to which we can exploit these European mineral deposits and realised that their sustainable exploitation would reduce the need to import our raw materials from third countries. It needs to be realised that the huge potential that the Arctic regions, in particular, offer in terms of rare earth elements, for example, may in future reduce our dependence on imported minerals. This report also deals with taxes on minerals, and I am very pleased that the committee has adopted a negative position on the taxation of mineral resources. As stated in the report, in this case tax is not an adequate fiscal tool for increasing resource efficiency. Finally, I would like to emphasise the importance of forests, in particular, as future sources of raw materials and energy. I am rather disappointed that this report does not deal with the matter of forests in any comprehensive way, because forests offer a lot of potential, and the forest sector will also be crucially important in the future green economy."@en1
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