Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-23-Speech-2-209"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Thors2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, Mr Arvidsson, I can agree with everything that you, Mr Arvidsson, said about the importance and environmental significance of this decision. We also know that the decision we are now discussing probably concerns the most important individual position to emerge from the meeting of the European Council in Stockholm. I would again point out that it is the north coast of the Bay of Finland that has to receive all the waste from St Petersburg, something which leads to a particularly high degree of algal bloom. I therefore wish to declare that I have a major interest in this issue and that the waste water from 3.5 million people has a very profound effect upon the environment and archipelago in my native Finland. We have set a ceiling of EUR 100 million. These funds are to be used for selected projects which have clear environmental objectives and are also of considerable interest to the EU. I believe that this is one of the critical points, if account is taken of what emerged from the discussion yesterday at the meeting of the Northern Dimension in Finland. One Russian minister said that there is criticism of the selection criteria and wants international funding organisations to play a larger part in the project planning. At the same time, we know that the budget of the North West Sewage Treatment Works has significantly exceeded Finland’s and the Nordic Investment Bank’s estimates. I believe we must give a one hundred per cent guarantee. I do not believe that EUR 100 million will solve the problem. We know that the Russian Federation does not give guarantees and that the guarantees of the city of St Petersburg are completely used up. I, therefore, appeal to my fellow MEPs to show solidarity on this issue. Give a one hundred per cent guarantee for this project. It would be in our interests, and we should be gradually paving the way for greater environmental awareness in St Petersburg, something to which we must always be attentive. The situation is significantly more complicated than Mrs Wallström imagines."@en1

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