European Parliament
Alavanos (GUE/NGL ),
in writing
. –
(EL)
I voted in favour because, following the shipwreck of the
Prestige
off the coast of Spain and the huge ecological disaster, immediate protection is required from single hull tankers by imposing an immediate timetable for withdrawing them from circulation. The governments of the 15 should support these measures and ignore the pressure from any shipowners who are opposed out of self-interest to a necessary regulation to protect seas and shores.

