Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-356"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sustainable development strategy2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.26.2-356"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-3572
lpv:speaker	lp:Bogusław Sonik2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2005-03-02--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2005-04-28--2007-03-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-10-12--2008-01-15)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2005-12-01--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2005-03-09--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the European Union is making every effort to ensure that environmental concerns are incorporated into all of its policies. The rate of natural resource consumption in Europe currently exceeds our biological capacity by more than a factor of two. What this means is that our continent is appropriating a disproportionate share of the world’s natural resources, whether terrestrial or marine. Let me refer Members to the communication adopted by the European Commission on 15 October 1998, which committed the EU to improving the integration of its environmental and energy policies, and which contained concrete measures to this end. Eight years have passed, and yet none of the goals set out in this document have been achieved. Before our very eyes, a decision has been taken by politicians to construct the largest energy network of its kind, incorporating a double gas pipeline and a system of electric cables, along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Its construction poses a threat to environmental safety, and will have a disastrous impact on the marine environment in the land-locked basin of the Baltic Sea. There are a number of key questions that we must ask ourselves. How much longer will we go on drafting legislation that is divorced from reality? How much longer will our legislative acts and opinions continue to be nothing but empty slogans and platitudes that are not followed up by practical measures? Instead of focusing our attention on solving the most pressing problems at hand, proposals have been put forward for an alternative project, namely the introduction of an environmental tax. I am opposed to this approach. Environmental problems will not be solved by creating tax systems. They will instead be aggravated, since an increased tax burden will have a direct and negative impact on investment in costly new technologies. There will also be additional costs for employers that may lead to redundancies."@en1

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