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"Mr President, environmental liability should be one of the jewels in the crown of European environmental legislation, but up to now it has been a tragedy. The Commission has taken 20 years to translate the polluter pays principle into legislation. It is not getting industry to pay, however, but the national governments. The polluter pays principle has been desecrated by the Commission. Unfortunately, Mr Manders has made the mess even worse and has trimmed the already weak proposal right down to the bone. It is not surprising that the whole of industry is rallying round Mr Manders. If industry has an environmental permit, it can never be liable. A car driver needs a driving licence to use the roads, but if the car driver causes an accident, he or she is most definitely liable. That is where compulsory car insurance comes in.
We must introduce exactly the same responsibilities for industry. That is the core of the polluter pays principle. We must be able to claim against the perpetrators for accidents like those involving the
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as well as nuclear accidents and pollution caused by genetically modified food. Hopefully the left liberals, the socialists, the greens, the regionalists, the communists and individuals on the right will achieve a majority tomorrow."@en1
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