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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community action in the field of marine environmental policy – Thematic strategy on the marine environment (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061113.17.1-097"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-13-Speech-1-0982
lpv:speaker	lp:Riitta Myller2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is no exaggeration to say that Europe’s marine regions are in a crisis and there is an urgent need to take action to protect the seas. Over the next 50 years, for example, fish stocks are threatened with collapse. The Commission proposal for a directive in the field of Marine Environmental Policy and a Marine Strategy is a way to seek a pan-European integrated approach to saving marine ecosystems. Although all our seas are in a poor state, it is only reasonable to examine the question of their protection from a regional perspective. Marine regions vary in terms of their characteristics, and at least some of the problems are essentially local. What they all have in common, however, is that they should all be capable of achieving good ecological status within a specific period of time. Hopefully that will be before the year 2021. The Socialist Group in the European Parliament supports the rapporteur’s endeavour to define what we mean by good environmental status in the marine environment. To achieve good status, as defined, we need to establish sufficiently stringent conservation objectives to prevent deterioration and for measures for the recovery of the seas and restoring them to a sustainable level. These measures may be quite tough, but I hope that the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats will support them in the vote. It is important that the measures are properly binding and not merely recommendations. The protection of the seas is about cooperation, not just among the Member States of the EU, but also with third countries with links to marine regions. For example, effective protection of the Baltic Sea region cannot succeed without Russia’s commitment to cooperation. For years now, there has been cooperation in the context of HELCOM, or the Helsinki Commission. HELCOM is presently overseeing a Baltic Sea Action Plan. Conservation action under the strategy should start within the framework of the HELCOM Action Plan so that practical measures can be taken as swiftly as possible in the Baltic Sea region. I would like to thank both the rapporteurs for having adopted this view within the context both of the strategy and of the directive."@en1

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