Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-09-14-Speech-1-118"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-09-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Restructuring of the European car industry, in particular the Opel case (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090914.24.1-118"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-09-14-Speech-1-1192
lpv:speaker	lp:Philippe Lamberts2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 unknown; Ecologistes Confédérés pour l'Organisation de Luttes Originales (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2010-09-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I should like to make a number of comments. The first is that, until now, State aid for the car industry and the action taken by the Member States and the Commission have been marked, on the one hand, by what I would call a defensive approach and, on the other, by a short-term approach. I believe, for example, that the huge scrapping premiums that we have seen have in fact anticipated and artificially inflated demand, and I believe that it is now that these premiums are coming to an end, or are going to come to an end, that we will see just how much of a false impression they create. Demand cannot keep up with supply. That is why we would like to encourage the Commission to be far more ambitious in its way of working. Where State aid in particular is concerned, I believe that we need to prioritise two areas of action. The first is that implementing sustainable mobility solutions in Europe requires the talents and skills of workers – from engineers to manual workers – from the car industry. Thus, a first area of action is obviously to help maintain and develop these skills, in the car industry or in related industries. Moreover, I believe that far greater conditions should be attached to State aid than is currently the case. In other words, it is not enough to say, ‘we are going to continue in the same way as before’. I believe that State aid should be made subject to the speeding up of change within the industry. In this respect, I fully agree with what Mr Davies said. I should like to conclude by responding to Mr Eppink, who is obviously claiming that we are against freedom. What is, in fact, happening on the market is that fewer and fewer of our fellow citizens are falling into the ‘my car equals my freedom’ bracket. One need only go for a drive on the roads of Belgium or the Netherlands to realise that the system has reached its limits."@en1
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