Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-21-Speech-4-167"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The oil tanker 'Prestige' wrecked off the coast of Galicia2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021121.7.4-167"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-21-Speech-4-1682
lpv:speaker	lp:Dirk Sterckx2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; ELDR (1999-09-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Vlaamse liberalen en democraten (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, you stated a moment ago that the sea belongs to all of us, but I should like to see it only being used by people who respect it. This was clearly not the case here. I have to say, I am shocked and I should like to ask my fellow MEPs from that region to extend the sympathy of our group to everyone involved. As a legislator, I am furious, but also a little despondent because this is the second time that we have faced the same problem in less than three years. We do not yet have all the facts by a long way, but we have a few. The question I am asking is whether the Erika package is sufficient. The Erika package is clearly valuable and should enter into force at the earliest opportunity, but is it sufficient? I have a question concerning airports. I mentioned airports and safe berthing places in one of my previous reports. I do not think that this legislation is completely incontrovertible. I should like to know, once we have all the facts, what we can do to improve the situation, so that a ship in distress is not turned down, which, I assume, exacerbated the situation, but can berth somewhere so that the disaster is kept down to an absolute minimum. Another reason why we should improve the situation is so that we can also mention compensation – something that was unmentionable in my report – for a port which suffers damage in this case. No provision has been made for this. We should do this. In fact, a start is only just being made. Secondly, as you have already stated, Commissioner, we are very weak internationally speaking. Would it not at long last be possible within the IMO and if necessary just for our own sake to work with a black list of states that allow their flags to be misused and in that way enhance the power of the port state? Should we not reconsider all our options and use our influence to enhance the IMO's role in the process? This is also a task for the Council; we cannot do this on our own. We therefore need to improve our rules. This applies to the Commission, the European Parliament, all the groups – party politics should not come into this – but also and, above all, the Council and Member States. However, we should, first and foremost, help the people involved and alleviate the despair in that region. I believe this to be the duty of the European Union."@en1

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