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"en.20150428.5.2-093-000"2
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"Madam President, every year more than eight billion plastic bags end up as litter in Europe. Not only do these plastic bags blight our countryside, but they blight our rivers and seas. They are deadly for seabirds, fish, seals, dolphins and other marine animals.
The only way we can tackle this shared issue is by taking action across Europe. Now we can dramatically curb disposable plastic bags right across the EU. The average use of around 200 plastic bags per person will reduce to about 40 by 2025. This is a huge step forward, leading to cleaner oceans and less suffering for marine wildlife. Yet, time and again, Conservative MEPs have refused to back these targets. In the UK, Liberal Democrats fought hard in government, against the Conservatives, to ensure a 5p tax on plastic bags, coming in this year, and here in the European Parliament Conservative MEPs have shown their true colours by not supporting these much-needed EU limits. This shows how weak the Conservative commitment to environmental protection is. Cutting wasteful bag use must start now."@en1
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