Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-12-Speech-1-105"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Safety at sea2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040112.7.1-105"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-12-Speech-1-1062
lpv:speaker	lp:John Walls Cushnahan2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I commend the rapporteurs on their reports. Criminal sanctions should be used against those responsible for the environmental pollution caused by deliberate dumping and by maritime disasters. The consequences of the disaster are still being felt in Spain, Portugal and France. It is high time that the international rules governing marine discharges were incorporated into EU legislation and, equally importantly, that such rules were enforced. I fundamentally disagree with Mrs Foster's and her colleagues' opposition to the idea of a European coastguard. I have been arguing for the creation of an EU coastguard for some time, and welcome Mr Pex's acknowledgement that such a body has an important role to play in implementing these rules by carrying out spot checks. It could also play a number of additional roles in EU waters, such as providing an adequate emergency response mechanism should an environmental disaster, such as the occur again. If one considers the problems we have in EU waters, one can see the potential of an EU coastguard. For example, our waters are being exploited by organised crime for trafficking in arms, drugs and human beings. Illegal human trafficking in the EU is now worth over EUR 4 billion annually. Drug trafficking remains a massive problem and the illegal trade in small arms, whose main recipients are terrorists and criminals, is estimated to account for 10% of the global trade in arms. Cigarette smuggling has almost replaced drug trafficking, due to the enormous profit margins that can be exploited without the same degree of risk in terms of penal sanctions. I would argue, in total contrast to what Mrs Foster says, that an EU coastguard could effectively police EU waters: it could clamp down on illegal dumping, enforce the common fisheries policy, assist with emergency rescue services and restrict illegal trafficking. I hope that the Commission will respond positively to Mr Pex's call for the creation of an EU coastguard, and that the Irish Presidency of the Council will also heed that call, particularly since, in coming from an island, it will appreciate the value of such a body policing our high seas."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Fine Gael Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Cushnahan (PPE-DE )."1 "Prestige"1

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