Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-10-22-Speech-1-128"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Framework directive on the sustainable use of pesticides - Thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides - The placing of plant protection products on the market (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071022.14.1-128"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-22-Speech-1-1302
lpv:speaker	lp:Zita Pleštinská2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3,3 unknown; Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Just like we have medicines for people, we also have medicines for plants: pesticides can justifiably be called that since they are medicines in the fight against diseases, pests and weeds. Of course they must be used in accordance with set rules. Incorrect application results in organism failures that manifest themselves as cancer. Ladies and gentlemen, our approach to this issue must be based on scientific analysis. We must not succumb to pesticide hysteria unleashed in the European Parliament. Food self-sufficiency in Europe is falling and this is increasing the dependence of the agri-food industry on world market supplies. We must remember that a shortage of foodstuffs would lead to an increase in their prices. Following a consultation with experts, I consider some amendments of EU Directive 91/414/EEC and the Framework Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety to be unworkable. These new components stray from the principle of focused and proportionate legislation based on a scientific approach. I realise that we need harmonised European pesticide legislation to ensure that foodstuffs are safe. That said, we must not prevent farmers from using the tools they need to produce safe, nutritious and accessible food. I cannot support the reports by Mrs Christa Klaß and Mrs Hiltrud Breyer as adopted by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. I will vote for them only if the amendments by my political group, the PPE-DE, are adopted."@en1

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