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‘Natura 2000’ is an ecological network to protect designated natural habitats, animal and plant species of communal significance. The European Parliament owes it to the citizens of the Union that we stop the decline of biodiversity in Europe. To reach this goal, however – as with any other large-scale enterprise – money is needed. All the Member States, the Council, and the Commission were in agreement when they created the bird and habitat protection Directive. Equally unanimous was our decision to build up a European network for nature protection. Therefore let us now undertake to carry out our decision, and with our joint resources create the material conditions for it too!
In the People’s Party and the Environmental Protection Committee we heartily welcomed the European Commission’s Recommendation for financial support for the ’Natura 2000’ network. The integrated approach in this case would be financed by the Regional Development Fund, the Structural Funds, and also the supplemented LIFE+ fund, however it is workable. This could be workable, insofar as [1] the funds just named would handle nature protection goals as a real priority, [2] appropriate guarantees would be built into the provisions of the various financial instruments, [3] due to the greater number of tasks, these funds would be supplied with extra money. Therefore we take it as given that the individual Member States will take part appropriately in financing this, and that the danger of their being knocked out by other, more economically competitive, projects will not threaten programmes targeted at safeguarding biodiversity.
The Commission’s answers to our questions, however, have strengthened our misgivings in connection with the effectiveness of the integrated approach. Because of this, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats believes we must review this financial solution and consider a financial instrument created specially for this purpose. I would like to thank Mrs. Margaret Auken for her work, compiling an in-depth and expert report and for giving us her fullest cooperation. Our recommendations for compromise amendments bear witness that with common interests every party group and specialist committee moves in the same direction."@en1
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