Hearing of Stavros DIMAS (Greece), Commissioner designate for Environment at the EP Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety in Brussels.

Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

hearing

LIESE, Peter (EPP, DE)

DIMAS, Stavros (EL)

hearing of Commissioners

2004 Commissioners' hearings (T)

SACCONI, Guido (PSE, IT)

Hearing of Stavros DIMAS (Greece), Commissioner designate for Environment: extracts

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner designate for Environment, on the priorities of his mandate : Combat climate change, Protect bio-diversity, Deal with environmental factors that harms the Human health, Enhance sustainable patterns of production and con.

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner designate for Environment, on next year's revision of the Lisbon objectives and the need to link sustainability and economic growth.

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner designate for Environment, on countries as Sweden, Finland or regions such as California, showing how a certain level of prosperity can be combined with the environment protection - On the need to communicate this message to Member States as well as regional

SOUNDBITE (Original), Peter LIESE, on his willingness to bring actions before the Court of Justice in order to make some Member States respect the gas emissions rules

SOUNDBITE (Original), Guido SACCONI, on DIMAS commitment to meet the RICHE program objectives

SOUNDBITE (Original), Chris DAVIES, asking DIMAS which of the current environmental problems in the world would make him cry, Commissioner designate answers

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner designate for Environment, : "One thing is for sure, we should  from now know that no matter what we do... we have to cut the emissions in order to fight climate change"

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner designate for Environment, "Whoever win the elections in the US, I hope he will bring the environmental issue on top of the agenda"

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner designate for Environment, on the need to take under an equal footing the three dimensions of the Lisbon agenda: economy, society and environment.

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner designate for Environment, on the fact that the same policies are to be applied in all Member States - "I do not think Greece has the record number in breaking the environmental rules".