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"Mr President, like Ms Van Brempt, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance would really have liked to have made this proposal more ambitious. I think that the Commission’s proposal is moderate and we would have liked to make it more ambitious.
In saying this, what do we mean? We hear the rapporteur, Astrid Lulling, and Markus Ferber, who has done us the honour of no longer being here, criticise us for wanting, in one way or another, to make the world a better place and, on the other hand, announce to us the end of this world, as ultimately, from what we understand from you, this proposal would result in the collapse of the European economy.
So, what do we mean? We propose lowering taxes on energy products on actual elements, that is to say, halting the current subsidies on one type of fuel to the detriment of another, on the basis of nothing other than industry lobbying. We then proposed introducing a little rationality into the system, and yet you rejected this outright, even though you are often the one who preaches rationality to us. Then we talked to you about a system that would come into force between 2018 and 2025. As if industry and society could not adapt if we were to make a start, and I simply mean make a start, in six years time. Come on. In your eyes, this would destroy our economy.
I have often heard German MEPs, in particular, those from the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and the liberals, giving lessons in good governance to the rest of Europe and indeed to the rest of the world. Today, I note that it is the same MEPs who have become trade representatives for the German automotive industry. This happens all too often and, I would like to say to those German MEPs, it has destroyed your credibility."@en1
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