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"Mr President, Holger Krahmer and I do not always agree about environmental legislation and the degree to which it should be enforced, but on this measure, I think we have found ourselves very close despite the fact that many of the arguments he has put to his colleagues have been nationalistic.
He has been able to argue that, with regard to this legislation, Germany has applied it effectively, or more effectively than any other Member State, including my own. This places Germany at a competitive disadvantage compared to others. This is an argument that can apply to many aspects of environmental legislation. There has to be a level playing field. The legislation that we put in force has to be applied equally and effectively across the European Union if we are to protect the environment, and if we are to ensure that certain countries do not gain a competitive advantage by not investing in the improvements that are necessary to make that possible.
The question is that we have now recast this legislation. We have not perhaps relaxed it, but we have addressed the fact that the first measure failed to be applied by Member States. Member States have got off the hook. My Member State, the United Kingdom, has got off the hook. It has not done what Germany did.
So, I ask the Commissioner in his response to tell us exactly – to put on the record – what is there in this new legislation that will ensure that Member States actually do what they are required to do?"@en1
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