Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-16-Speech-2-972"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Emission performance standards for new passenger cars (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081216.40.2-972"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-16-Speech-2-4552
lpv:speaker	lp:Ivo Belet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams - Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CULT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2008-11-17--2009-02-04)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"This morning I attended a clean mobility conference in a college of higher education in Limburg. The conference focused on electric cars. It is obvious that the time is right to switch to this environmentally friendly technology. The era of fossil fuels has run its course. The current crisis which the car industry is facing also offers opportunities to completely change tack. The manufacturers must, in exchange for the government support and guarantees they are receiving, invest far more in this technology of the future, or affordable batteries with a greater range, in other words. The government, in turn, should support this switch far more resolutely, not least fiscally. Since 2005, there has been a Commission proposal on the table to reform car tax and to coordinate this at European level. This proposal should be re-submitted to the ministers. Car tax should be re-calculated on the basis of emissions criteria. People who drive electric cars and emit hardly any CO or soot particles, if at all, should be rewarded fiscally for this. It is time for a radical switch. The engineers have done their bit. It is now up to the government to push the car manufacturers further in the right direction and to do so quickly."@en1
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