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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Climate change (New Delhi)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021024.5.4-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-24-Speech-4-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Anneli Hulthén2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-02-13--2003-01-31)3 vice-chair; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-22--2003-01-31)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2003-01-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2003-01-31)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2003-01-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I want to begin by emphasising what Mr Moreira Da Silva and Mrs Jackson have just said. Political leadership on this issue is incredibly important. I also think that the way in which the EU has dealt with the issue via the Commission has been excellent. These issues need nonetheless, in the future too, to go on being given a high profile. It is not acceptable for there to be certain Member States that do not really take the issue seriously and that, instead of reducing emissions, are tending to do the opposite. Almost the same situation applies too to the candidate countries that wish to become members of the EU but that have still not ratified the treaty. We must continue to exert pressure and say that we require ratification if membership is to become possible. What we expect first and foremost from the New Delhi conference is political leadership and the maintenance of a strong political message from the EU. The most important issue, even if we are now beginning to understand that it will probably not be possible to concentrate on it, is about what will happen during the next commitment period. What, then, will happen after 2012? What shall we do? What are the objectives? I should also like to put these issues to Mrs Wallström. What is it intended should happen during the forthcoming period? Does the Commission already have plans as to how matters need to proceed? What demands are to be made, and how are we to make progress in solving the problem of climate change? The same applies to our role in relation to the developing countries. We quite often point out the need to ensure we help the developing countries fulfil what is required of them by the Kyoto Protocol. How are we to do this in purely practical terms? We have today voted on the EU budget at first reading. There will of course be a second reading, but it is difficult to see where climate issues in particular fit into the picture. To repeat Parliament’s old demands, it should soon no doubt be time to incorporate shipping and aviation into these talks. That has still not happened, but it is no doubt desirable that it should. Even if these issues cannot perhaps be among those raised in New Delhi, it is nonetheless important that we make these demands. In conclusion, I want to repeat the principle on the basis of which I think this discussion ought to proceed and which, in actual fact, gave rise for once to some discussion at the most recent meeting of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy. I mean that we must seek equal rights for all citizens of the world. The committee certainly adds the rider that this is to happen in the long term, but what is nonetheless required is for all citizens to have the right of access to good, renewable energy on equal terms."@en1

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