Activities of Angelika WERTHMANN related to 2009/2108(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a strengthening of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, and a much more rigorous interpretation of its objectives, and notes for example, that under the terms of this Directive the developers of large infrastructure projects themselves conduct the environmental impact assessment in a way which too often lacks objectivity and fails to consider the concerns of local communities and their elected representatives when they seek to defend bio-diversity; a common European experts accreditation system should be consideris needed;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the onus should be placed more often on the political authorities in Member States to demonstrate how they intend to preserve the environment and its bio-diversity when entertaining the idea of new infrastructure developments, rather than on citizens who, through their petitions, appeal for their rights under the Directives to be protected;