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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council meeting of 15-16 June 2001 in Göteborg – Swedish presidency2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010703.1.2-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-03-Speech-2-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonios Trakatellis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2000-04-10--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2001-01-16--2001-11-29)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Göteborg Summit was the first summit in the history of the European Union at which top priority was given to safeguarding the sustainability and viability of the social economic development model. If we judge the results of the summit on the basis of which strategies were supported, the most substantial success achieved was the introduction of a step-by-step procedure for monitoring environmental policy with the annual control introduced by the spring summit of the European Council. Similarly, the requirement to devise national strategies and coordinate the policies of the Member States will be particularly important for countries lagging behind in this sector. We might also describe the initial objectives and measures defined in four sectors – climatic change, safeguarding sustainability in transport, dealing with public health risks and responsible management of natural resources – as being of major importance. I say "might" because no specific concomitant measures on pollution management costs aimed at individuals or companies were adopted. Likewise, the summit was clearly backwards in coming forwards in protecting public health, a sector in which there are huge risks; one need only cite mad cows and foot-and-mouth. Just yesterday, the first confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was reported in Greece. The summit was also backwards in coming forwards in the biotechnology sector, where the European Union basically needs to get moving and apply a technology which will offer important advantages to society in the 21st century. So the summit clearly failed to come up to expectations and consequently I would not say that it was a landmark summit. However, it is a starting point for moving from declarations and intentions to the application of an integrated environmental protection policy closely bound up with social and economic development. To conclude, the summit may have announced that the objectives of environmental sustainability are to be incorporated but, unfortunately, it failed to adopt any timetables, binding indicators, objectives or specific measures."@en1

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