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"Mr President, since it became clear that the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy would each be preparing an own-initiative report, Parliament has been overrun by industry lobbyists. A whole string of shale gas events has been held since then here in this House, month after month, by the gas production companies – and with the active support of both conservative and liberal Members.
There was only a single event here that was not organised by the disciples of fracking among us. This dominance of one-sided lobbying by financially powerful corporations should give us food for thought. It is unacceptable.
This perversion is particularly apparent when it comes to the subject of fracking. Companies want to protect their income; risks are played down and swept aside. Accidents are ruled out. Apparently we need shale gas for the energy transition. We are told the impact on the landscape will also be minimal, and so on. No, all this cannot hide the fact that fracking involves incalculable risks, is superfluous and only serves the profit interests of a small number of gas monopolists.
I therefore ask you to vote in favour of Amendment 4, in which the Member States are called upon not to approve any more fracking activities."@en1
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