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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.20110912.21.1-092-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-12-Speech-1-093-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Esther de Lange2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Iraq (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2009-09-09--2012-01-18)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, a lot has already been said about the importance of an effective raw materials strategy for Europe. I would like to move the debate in a more practical direction, so I will concentrate on one particular raw material: phosphate. Phosphate is important for crop growth. However, in 50 to 90 years’ time, world phosphate reserves will be completely exhausted. At around the same time, the world population will increase to 9 billion; these are people who will also want to eat. Commissioner, we could just carry on talking about this, but we could also take action, for example by taking steps, here in the European Union, to encourage manure fermentation. That will, first of all, provide us with renewable energy, secondly, reduce the environmental impact and, thirdly, it will yield as an end-product a valuable mineral concentrate, also known as digestate, which can replace artificial fertilisers and, therefore, phosphate. To my mind, that is a win-win-win situation. You could encourage this innovation by backing such projects, for example through the Structural Funds, rural policy or any ‘green’ element of the new common agricultural policy. You could also do this by categorising the mineral concentrate as a substitute fertiliser and not as a primary fertiliser, as is currently the case. This is a technical story, but this example of phosphate shows that an effective raw materials strategy will only stand a chance if words can be translated into concrete actions, technical though they might sometimes be. I hope that the Commissioner is prepared to do something that specific and I look forward to hearing from him whether he will, indeed, take these steps in future."@en1
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