PanEuropean moves for Environment favor Carbon Tax decisions to start
Converging PanEuropean CoE a.o. moves on Natural Environment, including the creation of a Human right to a Healthy Environment, create a favorable context for imminent decisions on Carbon Tax, due to start soon in France, as well as in Germany and other European Countries, in view of the December 2009 Copenhagen Global Summit (See also previous relevant "EuroFora" publications) :
- All countries, "must now recognise the central principle that the polluter pays", stressed recently CoE's Rapporteur on Climat change, former Brittish vice-Prime Minister, who had participated at the Kyoto protocol negotiations, Socialist MEP John Prescott, speaking in view of the Copenhagen Summit, for which CoE launched a campaing named "New Earth Deal", initially presented in London and soon debated in Strasbourg on September 29.
- Meanwhile, the creation of a new "Human Right for a Healthy Environment" is proposed by CoE's Parliamentary Assembly's Environment Committee on September 4 in Paris, according to a Report drafted by Christian-Democrat MEP José Mendes Bota from Portugal, which is scheduled for Public Debate and final Vote at CoE Assembly's Plenary Session, 29 September - 3 October 2009, in Strasbourg.
Concentrating and extending, with a direct Legal force, all various relevant ways by which ECHR's case law has already started, during recent years, to protect Natural Environment and Human Health (fex. in some landmark italian and Turkish cases, etc), the creation of such a New Human Right is strongly supported also by CoE Assembly's President, Spanish Socialist MEP Luis de Puig.
- At the same moment, in a parallel move, former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard, a socialist entrusted by French President Sarkozy to act as a Top Consultant on key Economic ao. issues, has just confirmed, while inaugurating Strasbourg's 2009 European Fair, his support for a "Carbon Tax", in the form of a "financial contribution for the Climat and Energy", caclulated according to CO2 emissions, which "should be re-utilised", in order to act as "a fiscal tool for a social" transformation towards "clean" new technologies.
Meanwhile, after fighting back against negative reactions by French former Socialist candidate to the presidency, Segolene Royal, who rejected any Carbon Tax on CO2 polluters, the "Green" Party's National Secretary Cecile Duflot met with Sarkozy at Elysee palace on September 3 in Paris.
Initially, in a landmark speech, Sarkozy had anounced, since May 2009 at a pioneer, Environment-friendly factory, in Urmatt's wonderful natural landscape, near Strasbourg, that, after the June 2009 EU Elections, France and Germany intended to take together certain joint initiatives on Climat and Nature, inclucing on Carbon Tax, to strike a deal with many other key countries, in view of the December 2009 Global Summit on Climat at Copenhagen. (See "EuroFora"'s reportage, from the spot : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/carbontaxcoe.html ).
Speaking to the Diplomatic corps on August 2009 in Paris, he reiterated the general principle that 3rd polluting Countries, who do not respect Environment and/or Labour Law applied by European industries, should not be allowed to abuse of Environmental and/or Social Dumping in the global trade competition market. And the main thrust of such "Franco-German EU initiatives", due to be launched "before the end of the year", was, indirectly but surely, confirmed also at the latest Sarkozy - Merkel summit, August 31 in Berlin.
Experts notoriously recognize that Europe could be a World-wide leader in Renewable, i.e, environment-friendly, New Energy sources
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Speaking exclusively to "EuroFora", the New EU Parliament's President, former Polish Prime Minister, ChristianDemocrat/EPP MEP Jerzy Busek, welcomed proposals by EuroFora about innovative ways for EU Citizens to attend EU debates before important final decisions which affect people's lives.
- "We (EU Parliament) must be transparent", Buzek stressed from the outset. "We must have clear answers also for delicate questions. If we don't touch a problem, you must know why, and when shall we decide in the nearest future".. "Because "we (EU) must think about Europeans, first of all : They don't understand well what is going on in the EU. So, it's our duty to inform them, to make discussions here more interesting".
"EuroFora" congratulated President Buzek for the anouncement he made, from the 1st day of his election in Strasbourg (on Tuesday, 14 July 2009), on his intention to make transparent debates, exchanges of views, etc. before the final adoption of decisions in EU Parliament's Plenary, when issues are evolving inside Committees, (See earlier publication).
And we reminded, in this regard, that "EuroFora" has been advocating a project for EU Citizens' active involvement in pluralist EU debates before important EU decisions, since more than a Decade : 1997-2007+
- "Thank you. We (EU Parliament), indeed, have exciting debates", Buzek replied. But, in practice, "without a possibility for our Citizens to see them, not even by the Press, the Radio or TV, etc., because it is in Committees", he regreted.
- "But, they (i.e. Media, Citizens, etc) might interact with you, with MEPs, etc, May be we can imagine something", "EuroFora" proposed.
- "Yes, (but) it needs, a quite new idea", Buzed observed.
- "Why not through some innovations ?", "EuroFora" suggested.
- "Precisely, "EuroFora" has such a project, since more than a Decade (1997-2009), to use new technologies for public debates before major EU decisions are taken", we reminded.
- "If you have such proposals, please come to us, come to us. We must" do something, agreed the new EU Parliamen's President.
For that purpose, obviously information and debates are valuable, but purely instrumental, procedural means which can help focus on, and highlight a substantial content, attractive to EU Citizens, which needs to be determined by other, political, and not mediatic factors.
Buzek spoke about the urgent need to overcome the Global Economic Crisis, the struggle for Human and Civic Rights, Democracy, etc., the Eastern Partnership, links with Russia, strategic partnership with USA and emerging countries, etc.
But he also used (while speaking both to "EuroFora" and other Media) the expression : "The Europeans", for EU Citizens. This points right towards what several important EU leaders (including French President Sarkozy, German Chancellor Merkel, etc) have started to highlight particularly during the recent years : That there is a vital need, and an historic opportunity, for the development of a European Conscience, to stimulate e renaissance of a European Identity able to attract Popular support, for the EU to become a strong player in a Multopolar World : In other words, the revitalisation of a project for a "Political Europe".
By a coincidence, this was indirectly but surely reminded, earlier in Strasbourg, by another ... Busek (this time with a "s") :
Speaking to more than 650 participants from CoE's member countries, at the conclusion of the 2009 Summer University of its Political Schools, Erhard Busek, (with an "s"), former vice-Chancellor of Austria and EU Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe, pointed at the current need to revitalize Europe's "Identity", forged by Greek philosophy and Roman Law, Christian values and Enlightment's ideas, etc. through the ages.
- "We have almost the same name with Jerzy Buzek (EU Parliament's new President, who is a former Polish Prime Minister), because both our Families come ...from the same village, located at the Heart of Europe, which was often shared between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. But my family emmigrated a long time ago to Austria, while Jerzy Buzek's family remained in Poland", explained f. vice-Chancellor Erhard Busek to "EuroFora".
An astonishingly concrete and simple example of European Integration from the grassroots : Starting by EU Citizens, i.e. those "Europeans", that EU Parliament's new President, Jerzy Buzek (this time with a "z"), wants to bring alongside MEP's decision-making proces, (according to "EuroFora"'s main idea : Comp. supra)...