Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-15-Speech-2-285"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community policy in the field of water (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000215.11.2-285"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-15-Speech-2-2862
lpv:speaker	lp:Marialiese Flemming2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Österreichische Volkspartei (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, the measures contained in this directive range from drafting water management plans, comprehensive information and hearing rights, and close cooperation between the Member States, to combating water pollution caused by individual pollutants. And considering how long this Chamber has been trying to introduce a framework directive of this kind, I am pleased to be present here today, and I would like to congratulate Mrs Lienemann on being in the happy position of presenting this report to us. However, it is also extremely important to me to point something out that many people actually take for granted. I would still like to highlight this point though: this directive does not constitute any kind of legal basis for diverting water from a Member State’s territory against its will. And by way of reaffirming this once again, I have introduced an amendment – gratifyingly with the support of a large number of Members – and I would be very pleased if Parliament would endorse my proposed amendment tomorrow. It is all about making it clear that water – and this is not the first time this has been mentioned today – is no ordinary commodity but a resource which belongs to the individual EU Member States and which must be protected and treated with the respect due to it. I am aware, and the previous speaker highlighted this, that there are States in the European Union that have problems with water. I believe that every one of us, in every country, could improve the way in which we manage our water and could make use of it in a cleaner way. This applies to every country. But only when each country has done its utmost to conserve its water resources, when literally everything has been done that could have been done in our own countries, only then, in my view, should it be necessary to start thinking in terms of harmonising water usage."@en1

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