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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.15.4-370-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-370-2502
lpv:speaker	lp:Oreste Rossi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2012-01-19--2013-07-02)3 unknown; Lega Nord (2009-07-14--2013-03-14)3 member; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2012-02-15--2014-06-30)3 member; EFD (2009-07-14--2013-06-11)3
lpv:translated text	"− In light of the current economic crisis, Parliament ought to send a clear message by voting against the report on the taxation of energy products and electricity, which proposes increased minimum excise duties across Europe on all energy sources. This idea is an environmental nonsense, since it favours renewables over ‘clean’ gases such as methane and biomethane. If the price of energy were to rise, what sad end would await our small and medium-sized enterprises, the real engine of our economy? In Italy, where the cost of energy is higher than the European average, a further hike in prices would hurt our businesses. National governments are already thinking about increasing excise duties and we do not need Europe increasing the ones it is responsible for, which are then used as a basis for calculating national excise duties. The idea of increasing energy costs by around 80% by 2023 through taxes alone represents an unsustainable rise in the costs faced by citizens. Lastly, we should not underestimate the continual increase in the use of gas oil in motor vehicles, meaning that the new tax would be an even heavier burden for EU taxpayers to bear."@en1

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