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"Mr President, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Meissner, for drawing together this report and developing it alongside the other political groups.
As 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, it really does make sense to try and develop an integrated maritime policy. Europe, of course, has 305 000 kilometres of coastline.
That was the Commission’s intent back in 2009 when it announced a more horizontal policy approach on areas such as maritime transport, the marine environment and regional and fisheries policies.
Today we see the response of the Committee on Transport and Tourism to this fresh direction, in the shape of Mrs Meissner’s report. We will be supporting this report. It is a useful step in the right direction towards caring for, and the sustainable use of, our maritime resource.
However, we believe there is still much work to be done. We welcome the report’s suggestions on maritime governance, on sea basin initiatives and strategies, on maritime spatial planning and surveillance, a maritime research framework and observation and data network, and a fund for maritime infrastructure.
I am particularly pleased that the report now includes the integration of carbon emission reduction targets and support for renewable solar and wind energies on board vessels.
When it comes to the votes later on today, I would particularly like to ask Members to support the rapporteur’s amendment which seeks to include the option of including emission trading schemes in the EU and IMO rules.
This was an issue over which the Committee on Transport was evenly split, with 20 votes each side, so it is perfectly right that Mrs Meissner has brought it here today for plenary to vote on.
I would ask Members to show some ‘20-20 vision’ and vote for the rapporteur’s amendment, which recognises that these measures sit squarely alongside our wider strategic objectives around CO
reduction and the Europe 2020 project."@en1
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