Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-02-Speech-1-128-000"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of EU water legislation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120702.20.1-128-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-07-02-Speech-1-129-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Nikolaos Chountis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Coalition of the Radical Left (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; PETI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I had to include in the opinion which I drafted on behalf of the Committee on Petitions all problems that have arisen in connection with water, which is vital to our existence. Some of these problems which are highlighted in the opinion, which was approved unanimously, are the uneven application of the framework directive, the adequacy of water resources, sources of water pollution, inconsistencies with other European policies and public participation at all stages of the procedure, as provided for in the framework directive, both to identify problems and to find appropriate solutions. The opinion focuses, in particular, on the elimination of dangerous toxic and radioactive waste discharged into water and into landfills, which have a major impact on the environment and public health. However, what I consider the nexus is that water should not be a source of profit; on the contrary, measures must be taken to ensure that it is public property and that water and water infrastructures are managed without any need to market rules. I want to ring the alarm bell regarding future developments. The troika is putting pressure on Greece and Portugal to privatise their water companies. We know from the past that, wherever this has been done, prices have gone up, the quality of water has not improved, court judgments have been handed down and they have been renationalised. In Greece, unfortunately, on the eve of elections, the serving government referred the Athens and Thessaloniki water companies to the Privatisation Fund. Therefore, we need to immediately recognise the right to water as a human right for everyone and the European Parliament needs to oppose market plans to privatise water."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph