Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-25-Speech-1-083"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cleaner air for Europe – Thematic strategy on air pollution (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060925.13.1-083"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-25-Speech-1-0842
lpv:speaker	lp:Gyula Hegyi2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, everyone has the right to a clean and healthy environment and nobody should endanger the health and lives of other people. This principle should be the cornerstone not just of our environmental policy, but of our would-be Constitution as well. People have the right to clean air, and politicians and industrialists have the responsibility to guarantee that right. Some decades ago, industry was the main cause of air pollution and the diseases connected with it. With technological changes, industry became less polluting but, as the number of cars increased, the situation did not improve. Eighty per cent of our citizens live in cities and for them the main cause of air pollution is traffic. During the PSE Group hearing on air pollution, we had clear evidence of this. If we want to provide cleaner air for our citizens, we should change our traffic policy in cities. In cities with polluted air we have to reduce individual car traffic and improve public transport. The strict pollution reduction targets, as proposed for particulate matter, can only be achieved in that way. That should be the main target, but we also have to reduce dangerous emissions from cars, with cleaner engines, fuels and filters, as indicated in the Euro 5 and Euro 6 proposals. When human lives are at stake, wishful thinking and soft recommendations are not enough. We need binding targets and strict regulations. Annual and daily limit values are also needed. Limit values must be low and strict but, on the other hand, they should reflect reality. It is better to lower them step by step than to set up unrealistic measures and allow them to be ignored. My last words are to Mr Sjöstedt: Jonas."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-01-05--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gyula Hegyi (PSE ). –"1 "Tack,"1

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