Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-15-Speech-4-035-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-03-15"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120315.6.4-035-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-15-Speech-4-036-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Holger Krahmer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Davies is aware that I am a fundamental opponent of the plan we are about to decide on. Political plans – particularly ones with very long-term goals – have always existed. These plans always had one thing in common: they were superseded by reality. The fact is that it makes absolutely no sense to plan how the world will be in 2050. This presumes too much knowledge. A great many things are bound to happen to us before then that we have not planned and that we cannot know or predict. The targets we set ourselves are, in the final analysis, arbitrary. We find ourselves comparing years and percentages that actually only have one constant feature, namely that they end in zero. Their relevance in terms of climate cannot really be explained in objective terms. We could just as easily deduct five years from the dates or add 5% to the percentage points. This would be just as arbitrary, but a little more ambitious. Why do we not do this? I would suggest that any of us still alive in 2050 should meet once again as venerable ladies and gentlemen to discuss the reality of these plans as part of a night’s entertainment. I have the feeling that would make a very entertaining evening indeed. It is also high time that we realised that European climate policy is a failure in global terms. Our pioneering role is not accepted and no one pays much attention to our standards. I would simply remind you of the inclusion of the aviation industry in emissions trading. We must take a much more reasonable approach. We will only achieve success in climate policy if the rest of the world comes on board."@en1
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