Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-414-500"
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"en.20110913.34.2-414-500"2
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"I supported the report on an effective raw materials strategy for Europe because the EU’s fairly large dependence on raw materials from third countries is unacceptable.
Rocketing raw material prices have a direct impact on the European economy’s competitiveness and sustainability and on jobs in our countries. The EU must secure even-handed access to strategic raw materials at fair prices. To do this, a strategy is required which takes into account existing realities and outlines the new European raw materials road map.
On this point, the report reveals the strategic opportunities which the EU must start to capitalise on immediately. The main focus is on the efficient use of strategic and rare raw materials. Unfortunately, we have heaps of such raw materials in landfills, while, at the same time, fierce battles are being waged over access to them globally. Let us not wait for today’s landfills to become tomorrow’s mines.
There is huge potential for the use of recycled rare materials. This point is properly set out in the recommendations for the EU’s future raw materials strategy. Recycling is a strong component of environmental legislation and should be developed at a rapid pace. The other important trend is the use of substitute raw materials, which must be given its place in the research and innovation programmes for the European economy."@en1
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