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Air pollution is a major public health concern. For example, the fine particles given off by some human activities are thought to shorten European life expectancy by around nine months. In Belgium alone, nearly 13 000 people die prematurely every year as a result of particles given off by diesel engines in particular. All these respiratory diseases can be avoided and the legislators ought to send out a simple message: clean air for Europe necessarily means stringent pollution standards.
That is not the message the European Parliament has sent out today by adopting Holger Krahmer’s report on the CAFE directive. I deplore the fact that in a matter of such importance to the public, the impact of pollution on human health, my fellow Members have lacked ambition, seeking in particular not to hit certain industries. I still hope that the European Parliament will rectify the matter at second reading, be more receptive to the arguments of environmental health experts and avoid the pitfall of setting standards that are not as strict as those in force today. With this vote, California has never seemed so far away."@en1
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