Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-14-Speech-3-188"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sustainable development strategy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060614.16.3-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-14-Speech-3-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Riitta Myller2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, on behalf of the Social Democrats I can say that I agree with the Commissioner that we must at long last move from words to deeds in the matter of policy on sustainable development. There needs to be a proper action programme for sustainable development as part of EU policy. Sustainable development must be genuine and be capable of measuring the principle of penetrability, which relates to all the European Union’s political goals. Policy instruments, for their part, need to adapt to these goals. So it is unacceptable that projects that harm the environment should at present be supported with massive amounts of money, considering how aid is channelled for projects that improve the environment. The decisions already taken should also be implemented. The Council decided years ago now that aid that harms the environment should be gradually withdrawn. That has not happened, neither gradually nor in any other way. EU-wide environmental taxes have also been talked about in several contexts. We know that their introduction will require consensus, but we need a step forward in the right direction. The Council has also taken decisions that Europe-wide energy taxes should be introduced. The Sixth Environmental Action Programme, which the Council and Parliament adopted in the codecision procedure, will provide an opportunity for the introduction of Europe-wide environmental taxes. A condition of a genuine environmental policy is that the economic policy instruments in legislation and other legislative acts go hand in hand. In this way a favourable situation can be achieved, in which society develops eco-efficiency and environmentally friendlier technologies in an economically rational way. In this respect, we are coming to a crossroads as far as the Lisbon Strategy is concerned, which is to say that the environment is also a good thing for the economy, and its development is a means of getting the wheels of the economy turning."@en1

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