Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-12-Speech-1-154"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of soil - Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071112.20.1-154"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-12-Speech-1-1552
lpv:speaker	lp:Gyula Hegyi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--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 (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"It is our fundamental goal to guarantee a healthy environment for our citizens, and there is stringent Union legislation for most elements of our environment. Soil is the only element of the environment that we have not yet been able to regulate, so there is currently no Union instrument to halt the pollution of soil and the erosion of its quality, even though this causes many tens of millions of euros’ worth of damage for all of us. According to the current legislation, it is only compulsory to act against soil pollution when the pollution enters other elements of the environment: groundwater, fresh water, agricultural products, or when it is too late to act in practice. I would welcome the adoption of this new Directive by the European Union, and I am pleased that a compromise package has been created that is even more acceptable from the perspective of environmental protection. It is also important from a Hungarian perspective that, as many of us have proposed, the legislation should also deal with tackling soil acidification. This is a serious threat to agricultural production, so it must be fought using Union instruments for this reason too. Recognition of the polluted areas will encourage remediation, so we can prevent the pollution of water tables for drinking water, and naturally the cultivation of polluted plants. Soil regulation is therefore in the interests of farmers. I therefore hope that certain MEPs from the right, including, surprisingly, some Hungarian MEPs, will not succeed in their endeavour to prevent the creation of a Directive to protect the interests of Hungarian agriculture and the environment. In the spirit of the Directive, the rehabilitation of the polluted or soil-degraded areas uncovered will be a task for the Union, for which resources will need to be found in future Community budgets."@en1

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