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"Mr President, is this nothing more than a facelift? Or, given the accidents and natural disasters we have experienced since 1996, are we progressing towards greater safety for people, the environment and society, without pointlessly encumbering industry? It was to try to achieve this goal that I agreed to be rapporteur.
After listening and exchanging opinions with others, we were keen to propose amendments which, without calling the industrial process into question, would bring about greater safety for citizens and the environment and give new rights to those who are the first to be exposed –the employees of companies in the chemical and transport industries.
Quite frankly, our views were given scant regard. Once again, money overrode the human aspect, and progress will be marginal.
The problem is that there is still a gulf between the lofty principles discussed and the harsh daily reality on the ground. This is true of industrial installations and storage facilities and for the transport of dangerous substances. To evade the so-called Seveso legislation, companies have chosen to reduce stocks of products classified as dangerous, leaving in storage tanks these same products which, maybe tonight, will sleep somewhere near you while waiting to be delivered tomorrow morning with all the risks that that entails. This cannot be allowed to happen. Meanwhile, we were being led to believe that we would be better informed and better protected!
In addition, major contradictions emerge. How can security be strengthened when, day by day, employees are being placed in an increasingly precarious situation and are not always trained as they should be? How can security be guaranteed when some countries use their laxity to carry out environmental dumping?"@en1
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