Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-23-Speech-3-428-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A resource-efficient Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120523.21.3-428-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-23-Speech-3-429-0002
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, I, too, would like to thank Mr Gerbrandy for the sound piece of work that he has presented here. I can also support much of what is in the report. I consider it a good thing that we are making the effort to say that we have to overcome the obstacles in the internal market when it comes to removing barriers to the exploitation of resources and the exchange of resources. I also feel, however, that a lot of things that have been said here are not quite correct. I feel I must briefly mention these. Jan, the price of copper is not going up because copper is becoming more scarce, neither are the costs of raw materials at AkzoNobel and Unilever going up because the raw materials are becoming scarcer. Instead, it is because we are printing so much money, and because a lot of money is looking for safe investments and increasingly it does not find these in government bonds – which is why much of it is ending up in the commodity markets. That is one reason why prices of raw materials are rising; not so much because we are about to completely run out of some raw materials and they will no longer be available. I think we need to look more carefully at the causes here. It generally has little to do with a scarcity of resources. There are two things in the report that I find hard to stomach and that I consider to be sending out completely the wrong signals. The first is the call to extend the scope of the Ecodesign Directive. We should stick with the principle that we will find the best solutions through competition and not by political edict – we have already heard the term ‘eco-diktat’ used in this context. The second point is that we in Europe, which is no longer growing and is facing catastrophic developments, should call for new taxes in order to manage our resources."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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