Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-22-Speech-1-053"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safety at sea2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030922.5.1-053"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-22-Speech-1-0542
lpv:speaker	lp:Brian Simpson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to welcome Mr Sterckx's report which, in our view, is comprehensive and highlights the catalogue of decisions that culminated in the disaster. I must also pay tribute to our rapporteur for his hard work on the production of a well thought-out, highly considered, fair and balanced report. This report highlights the many failings of a number of authorities and yet comes forward with some positive ideas on how we can avoid a repeat of the disaster. My colleague Mrs Miguélez Ramos will no doubt highlight the effects that this disaster has had and continues to have on the Galician coast. She, above everyone, knows the heartache that this disaster has caused and I pay tribute to her tireless efforts on behalf of the people of Galicia. So many other questions have been raised by the Sterckx Report that my Group and I believe that further work is necessary. Further investigation into the events surrounding the loss of the is needed. There should be further analysis of the economic and ecological disaster that has not only occurred but continues to occur for the people of Galicia and other areas. Furthermore, there should be an analysis into the adequacy of present EU maritime regulations, present IMO regulations and the actions – or perhaps, more appropriately, the lack of action – of some of our Member States. Mr President, the PSE Group, the Greens and the GUE/NGL Group have consistently called for a committee of inquiry. Because of the excellent work of Mr Sterckx and by way of a compromise, we can now drop that demand in favour of a request to the Conference of Presidents for a temporary committee to carry on the work of Mr Sterckx and to find the answers to the questions that he and others have posed. That is the least we could do for the people of Galicia and other affected areas. I support the rapporteur's call for such a committee in his Amendment No 11. Anything less from this Parliament would be an abdication of our responsibilities and a total abandonment, not only of the people of Galicia, but of the whole population of the European Union. We on this side of the House are not prepared to let that happen. We are prepared to back Parliament's rapporteur and look to the other side of this House to do the same. The time for political posturing is over: it is now time for action. Let me make our position clear, in light of the rapporteur's final conclusions in his speech concerning the issue of a temporary committee: it is 'no' to any dilution of Amendment No 11 and it is 'no' to any alteration to a future temporary committee's remit. Amendment No 11 is balanced, needed, well-supported and gets to the heart of the problem. To dilute or alter it would be unacceptable and a move born out of political gerrymandering, not a move in favour of maritime safety. I hope that this makes the PSE's position on Amendment No 11 crystal clear."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Prestige"1 "Simpson (PSE )."1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph