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Dumartheray, Philippe
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Total is charged guilty of pollution
"After years of procedures untangling who was responsible for what, from Total who chartered it, to the ship owner, via the tabulation company, and the oil tanker's administrator, the verdict has finally been delivered", Philippe Sumartheray is glad to say. "Ecological prejudice is now recognised. It has been evaluated at 192 million euros. This is no doubt too little, but the principal of a polluter paying up has been ratified. Concretely, the rubbish dumping boats are going to have to leave the coasts, the French ones, for the time being. Still more important, it is the whole navigation chain and all maritime staff that will now have to demonstrate solidarity in assuming responsibility for the risks taken with the condition of a vessel. 'Never again !' was hitherto a desperate cry. Henceforth, with the Erika verdict, this desire will be granted by the law."
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The Pope is no longer opposed to the integration of Turkey
Phiippe Dumartheray, co-chief editor of the daily, believes that the Pope's visit to Turkey might allow an improvement of relations between the country and the EU. "The Papal visit initially only had a religious purpose: to renew ties between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in an attempt to overcome more than a thousand years of quarrelling between two branches of Christianity. ... The link between religion and politics is easy to establish. In the case of Benedict XVI, it is quite clear. In the past, when he was only a cardinal, he never concealed his aversion before the sight of Turkey entering the EU. On the first day of his trip, the Pope wil have, on the contrary, defended the welcome of Turkey into the Union. This change of direction is to be followed closely, as it might influence European Christian-Democrats, notably Germans, who are rather hostile to Turkish accession."
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