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"Mr President, Commissioner, rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. That is what you could say about resource conservation. Everyone wants to move in the right direction, but how do we get there? Voluntary measures – as we have seen time and time again, in the automotive industry, in other areas – have been a resounding failure. Resource efficiency and the conservation of resources are an element of foreign policy, security policy, health policy, environmental policy, economic policy, agricultural policy – they affect all areas. Looking at the empty Council benches, I can only say that I am astonished that the Council is not here today, but perhaps things will take a bit longer, because they are missing something today – namely, the presentation and debate on a very, very good report by Mr Gerbrandy. This topic is by no means dealt with yet, and this matter will decide whether Europe lives in prosperity in future and what our environment in Europe will look like. It is now a matter of finding the instruments.
The internalisation of external costs – there is no way around it: this principle must be introduced. Anyone who pollutes water or air must pay for it. At the moment, we pay for it via our health insurance or through other areas – we are paying for it with our taxes, Ms Gardini. This has to be internalised, and here we need to be courageous for once, because only then will we deal with the future challenges that we face.
A growing world population – not in Europe, we will get smaller in the future – is a huge challenge, and therefore this report that Mr Gerbrandy has produced is a good starting point for considering new political strategies, and that applies to the Commission, too. We have to think in terms of life cycles – instead of simply regulating what comes out of the exhaust, we also need to look at the factory where the car is manufactured. Is that sustainable, does it conserve resources? We must think in terms of complete cycles and be courageous about this and not stick with the
because if we do, we will pay very, very dearly for it."@en1
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