Hr. formand, vi er enige i fru Béguins betænkning, fordi den tager udgangspunkt i en realitet, nemlig at hverken konventionen om biodiversitet, der blev undertegnet i 1992, eller de forskellige internationale aftaler eller fællesskabsretten, nærmere bestemt fugledirektivet og habitatdirektivet, har formået at bremse forværringen af biodiversiteten.
Mr President, we agree with Mrs Béguin's report because it is underpinned by a particular situation: neither the Convention on Biological Diversity, signed in 1992, nor the various international conventions incorporated into Community law, specifically the birds and habitats directives, have managed to put a brake on the destruction of biodiversity.