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"Mr President, what we are discussing – the connection between environmental protection and economic growth – is certainly a central issue, on which there is a broad consensus at all levels. More efficient use of resources is essential. It is absolutely our duty to ensure a form of development that meets the needs of present generations, but without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own.
However, I am firmly convinced that what is needed is to promote a culture. For that reason, I am concerned about some rather too
aspects that already stood out in the Commission proposal and are overly accentuated by the work of the rapporteur.
Many points have already been mentioned; I am worried, for example, about shifting the burden of taxation away from labour to the environment. I believe that, in the absence of a comprehensive impact assessment, not least at a macro-economic level, such a measure could merely aggravate the already heavy tax burden on European taxpayers. The rapporteur, Mr Florenz, has already talked about eating habits. I do not believe it is our duty to tell our citizens whether or not to eat animal protein, but I find it significant that the European Parliament has come out against food wastage, given that some 20% of food is disposed of as refuse. It is therefore my hope that a truly more constructive and realistic approach will be taken.
I believe it is our duty, first and foremost, to support proposals aiming to facilitate access by small and medium-sized enterprises to innovative technologies, with an emphasis on research and innovation. However, we must also work with the help of the productive sector: clear and reliable indicators on resource efficiency are absolutely essential, and they should be based not only on economic assessments but also on precise scientific knowledge.
Finally, on the subject of timeframes: where I come from, in Italy, there is a saying: ‘The hasty cat gave birth to blind kittens’. Let us make sure we do not go too fast!"@en1
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