Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-13-Speech-2-257"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Deliberate release of GMOs into the environment2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010213.10.2-257"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-13-Speech-2-2582
lpv:speaker	lp:Yasmine Boudjenah2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti communiste français (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, questions such as the presence of GMOs in our food and uncertainty about their effects on humans and on the environment are now in the public domain, and that is for the best. In France, the press gave a great deal of coverage to the European Parliament vote on this directive at second reading. French and European citizens alike are expecting the Members they elected to have a clear standpoint – the scandals involving contaminated blood and mad cow disease should give them a right to this, as if any justification were necessary. Along with other Members, I believe that the findings of the Conciliation Committee fall far short of alleviating the concerns voiced by European society. The notorious lack of any requirement for traceability is a source of provocation to all the people who wish, quite legitimately, to be kept informed. Yet, the right to information is not always acknowledged. The proposed regulations must guarantee the reliable labelling and traceability of GMOs and derived products. In addition, we must ensure that those who produce and release GMOs are held responsible. We must denounce the lobbying by unscrupulous laboratories and the multinational companies who represent them. To sum up, I would like to take the opportunity afforded by the final reading of the directive in order to highlight the responsibility of the Council, which failed to adopt all Parliament’s amendments after first reading which went in this direction and which would have produced a quite different text. What is going to be adopted as the definitive text is in danger of completely invalidating the moratorium of June 1999, whereas the precautionary principle would instead put the lives and health of men and women before any other considerations, especially financial considerations."@en1

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