Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-12-Speech-1-044"
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"en.20070212.12.1-044"2
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"Mr President, last Friday, something happened that ought not to have happened. Contrary to the EU’s nature protection directives, the Polish authorities gave permission for the Via Baltica road to be built. The plan is for it to go right through a Natura 2000 area in one of Europe’s genuinely unique areas of natural beauty. This happened in spite of the fact that, back in December, the European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Poland. Now, the green light has been given for contractors to begin felling 20 000 trees this week. It is scandalous that the authorities of an EU country should be consciously infringing EU legislation. It is not only appalling for the natural environment, it also in fact undermines legal certainty and the EU’s reputation and may become a slippery slope whereby environmental legislation and environmental considerations are set aside as people see fit. I therefore very much hope that the Commission will live up to its responsibilities, follow up its letter of formal notice as quickly as possible and put a stop to what Poland has set in motion."@en1
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