Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-23-Speech-2-054"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-11-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101123.5.2-054"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-23-Speech-2-0552
lpv:speaker	lp:George Sabin Cutaș2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee (2010-09-07--2014-06-30)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Social Democrat + Partidul Conservator (2009-07-14--2014-02-25)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I think that both the mine closure proposal and the suggestion to reduce subsidies would be too premature and that they would have undesirable socio-economic and regional repercussions. We must not forget that Europe’s mining sector provides approximately 100 000 jobs, 42 000 in coal mining and 55 000 in related sectors, and that certain regions in Europe are totally dependent economically on this sector. A large number of people in these regions work in mines or have jobs relating to this sector. These measures could have adverse consequences, to the extent of leaving communities in absolute poverty. This is why a strategy for retraining the workers affected by the mine closure plans must be devised quickly. At the same time, special support is required from the European Union’s Structural Funds in order to provide mutual assistance to the regions which will suffer as a result of these measures. In addition, mine workers and their families may lose their confidence in the political process where such decisions are made which affect them directly, if they are made at an inappropriate time. We need to focus our attention just as much on sparsely populated regions, which will suffer the most in socio-economic terms. I do not believe that 2014 is a realistic deadline for closing the mines. On the other hand, the deadline of 2020 specifically proposed by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy did not receive sufficient positive feedback. This is why I think that we can find common ground with 2018. I wish to mention another point, which is that the coal industry is an integral part of European policy and is the EU’s own source, thereby guaranteeing supply security. A transition period is required which will allow these mines, and those mines which could become competitive, to become gradually more competitive, in order to ensure access to European coal and avoid an adverse socio-economic impact."@en1
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