Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-405-000"
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"I chose not to vote in favour of this report for the following reasons: I share the view that the European Union should have a proper strategy for raw materials, because the current situation is unsustainable. However, this is not because of the difficulty the EU has in accessing resources. On the contrary, I would have liked the report to have highlighted other issues at stake: the impact of extraction on the environment and global warming, its consequences for local populations and the conflicts that it can create. As we can see in this report, there are many solutions. Nevertheless, I do not agree with all of them, and I think that the others should be arranged in order of priority. Firstly, European businesses have no automatic right to access resources outside the EU. Secondly, we need to consider the possibility of a tax on mineral resources in order to transfer the comparative advantage of extraction to recycling. Thirdly, we must respect the sovereign right of countries to choose their own export policy. I believe that the WTO has no business intervening to prevent these trade restrictions. Lastly, I should have liked this text to have focused more on agricultural commodities, which also deserve to be protected from speculation and overexploitation."@en1
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