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"Mr President, I think that the proposals tabled by the Commission and the amendments proposed in the report will help, to a large extent, adapt this directive to the environmental and climate change objectives which the EU has also taken on, based on a taxation system encouraging energy products with the least environmental impact. However, just like other colleagues, I have serious reservations about the principle of proportionality and the impact which it could have on the price of diesel. At a time when European consumers are, in any case, under pressure from fuel prices, I do not believe that it would be the ideal time for this diesel price increase. It would also dampen the interest shown by consumers in vehicles running on this kind of fuel, thereby also having an impact on the European Union’s car manufacturing industry. Given that diesel engines are one of the assets of European industry, I think that we could lose this comparative advantage, not to mention that we will not enjoy the environmental benefit either because of the difference in energy terms between using petrol and diesel."@en1
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