Text tabled : A6-0089/2009

  Robert Goebbels (PSE), in writing. – (FR) I voted against the own-initiative report by Mrs Ries. It is the type of utterly useless report that some Members go crazy about, those same Members who take delight in applying the ‘precautionary principle’ willy-nilly and who make a big fuss about the slightest ‘concern’ amongst the public. Whilst life expectancy for Europeans is increasing year on year, any new study of the possible effects of electromagnetic fields that raises unanswered questions is blown up out of all proportion. On the other hand, dozens of studies by scientific academies and other genuinely competent bodies that have found that there is no real risk are systematically ignored. Everything that is exaggerated is insignificant.