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"Mr President, both the report by Mr Angulo and the number and content of the petitions received by the Commission from citizens and operators prove two things: firstly, that the problem of waste is an urgent and burning issue and, secondly, that, despite the differences that obviously exist, the Member States are not performing satisfactorily in terms of waste management, thereby creating public health and environmental problems. One point on which I would like to comment, which the report also underlines, is that, although landfill is the last resort under EU legislation, there are countries, mine included, which are lagging behind in recycling and prevention and are therefore under pressure to extend existing landfills or create new ones, in breach of Community legislation and common sense, thereby causing serious problems in local communities and resulting in conflicts and solutions that are dangerous to the environment and public health. The second comment on the report that I wish to address to the Commissioner has to do with various cases in which the Commission washes its hands and is indifferent to the fact that it needs to intervene, such as where there are obvious errors in the waste management plans and environmental impact studies being processed. In such cases, Commissioner, the Commission needs to intervene. I think that the report, generally speaking, concerns a useful directive that will assist us in waste management."@en1
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