Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-15-Speech-2-159"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community policy in the field of water2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000215.8.2-159"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-15-Speech-2-1602
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernd Lange2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we are to take the principle of sustainability enshrined in the Treaty of Amsterdam seriously, then our long-term objective must be to achieve zero inputs in our water because we need to safeguard water so that future generations do not pay the price for our water consumption. We can achieve this long-term objective by developing measures with demanding standards. In this respect, I fully support the amendments proposed by Mrs Lienemann to develop a reasonable approach using quality standards so that we can eventually say that, when people use water, they are not consuming it but maintaining present stocks. This directive contains a number of very positive elements which are worth highlighting. First there is wide information for and involvement by the public, a rarity in a European directive. Secondly, there is compulsory cooperation. I am glad a holistic approach to water is being taken here and that authorities in the individual national states and beyond the borders of the national states are at last obliged to work together and ensure that water is of a high quality. Thirdly, I should like to address the question of the timetable. I am firmly convinced that we need a strict, tight timetable in order to work towards our long-term objective. Compare it with what happens in December. We all know in December that Christmas Eve falls on 24th December and we start buying presents. But what would we do if we knew in December that Christmas was in thirty years’ time. We all know what we would do, which is why we need a tight timetable for our water policy. I emphatically support the rapporteur’s proposals and think that we need a tight timetable for all areas of the directive, from the list of measures to the question of employment measures."@en1

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