Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-04-Speech-1-155"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Thematic strategies on air pollution2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050704.20.1-155"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-04-Speech-1-1562
lpv:speaker	lp:Satu Hassi2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2005-09-06)3 unknown; Vihreä liitto (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it would seem that there is literally a dirty war being waged against the health of the public and the environment, as the Commission has postponed its proposal for a thematic strategy on air quality. This delay goes against what we jointly agreed when we drew up the Sixth Environmental Action Programme. This is something we cannot accept. Air pollution causes illness and kills. According to the latest information, up to 300 000 people a year are killed by just small particles. Right now, in the wake of the French and Dutch referenda, the Commission’s decision is very unfortunate. It will tend to weaken the people’s confidence in the EU even further. Opinion polls show that the public wants special action from the European Union to improve the environment. According to press reports, the postponement has been promoted in particular by Commissioners Verheugen and McCreevy. If they and the President of the European Commission, Mr Barroso, believe environmental protection weakens competitiveness, I would ask them to show us the proof. All the public surveys and the experiences of people that have come to my attention suggest it is just the opposite. Environmental protection promotes competitiveness. Studies of what the environmental protection reforms implemented thus far have cost show that they have all been cheaper than expected. The costs have been four times, and even ten times less than the estimates made beforehand. President Barroso is not present, but I would like to remind him, nevertheless, that we also pay a price for inactivity. Merely in terms of medical expenses it costs between 200 and 600 billion euros per annum. The price is also paid in as many as 300 000 untimely deaths every year. These figures are not imaginary: they are actual costs. We would like to know when the thematic strategies are to be proposed. The promotion of environmental protection would represent just the sort of leadership that Europe at present sorely needs."@en1

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