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a
m
a
jorit
y
of
w
omen
p
a
r
tici
p
a
ting
For these 3 priorities,
CITIZENS CALL THE EU TO TAKE
CONCRETE
A
CTION FOR
THE OCEAN
4 billion
eu
r
os /
year
5,000
billion
1/3
of european
citizens
90%
o
f
goods
countries
a
r
ound
the
w
orld
59
ARE F
R
OM
THE EU
R
OPEAN
UNION
men
w
omen
36,4%
15%
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F
WHICH
T
O
P
3
France,
Po
r
tu
g
a
l
and S
p
ain
21
40
%
Th
ou
gh st
u
dies sh
o
w a loss
of in
t
e
r
est in the
E
u
r
opean
elections among this age
g
ro
u
p
, th
e
y ta
k
e action
f
or the o
c
ean
c
a
u
s
e
.
The
s
e a
r
e the first
E
u
r
opean
elections in which th
e
y
c
an pa
r
ticipa
t
e!
1
8
-
2
4
y
ear olds
r
ep
r
e
s
ent mo
r
e
t
han
of participants
are between
25
-
34
y
ea
r
s old
microplastics floating
in the ocean.
T
iny fragmen
t
s 5mm or less
r
e
s
ulting
f
r
om ti
r
e abrasion,
s
ynthetic cl
o
thing
fibers, mic
r
obeads added
t
o
c
osmetic
p
r
o
du
c
t
s and degrading la
r
ger
plastics.
is the annual funding that the
fossil fuel industry receives
from the European Union.
Despi
t
e
s
cientific
e
viden
c
e
that their offsho
r
e
e
x
t
raction
c
an ha
v
e ir
r
e
v
ersible impac
t
s
on o
c
eans, coastlines and
global
w
arming.
C
all on the EU
t
o ban
mic
r
oplastic
c
omp
o
unds
in
t
entionally added in
c
a
r
e
p
r
o
du
c
t
s, de
t
e
r
gen
t
s and pain
t
s.
33%
of european
citizens
w
ant
t
o en
co
urage in
d
us
t
r
y
inn
o
v
ations
t
o d
e
v
elop p
r
o
du
c
t
s
that no longer
r
elea
s
e plastic
fibers.
are transported
by sea.
Oil spills,
c
ontainer los
s
es,
t
o
xic di
s
cha
r
ges a
r
e all
impo
r
tant
c
on
s
eq
u
en
c
es
of this mode of
t
ranspo
r
t.
Out of the
8
t
opics
covered by
the consultation,
3 priorities
w
e
r
e
e
xp
r
es
s
ed
b
y ci
t
i
z
ens.
Quali
t
y
of bathing
w
a
t
er
O
c
ean
li
t
era
c
y
S
ustainable
to
urism
R
en
ew
able
marine ene
rg
y
Risks lin
k
ed
t
o clima
t
e change
in the
c
oastal a
r
eas
Fossil fuels
and offshore
exploitation
S
us
t
ainable
shipping
Microplastic
pollution
of the ocean
8%
5%
3%
6%
35%
12%
13%
18%
t
o figh
t
a
g
ain
s
t
MIC
R
OPL
A
STIC
POL
L
UTION O
F
THE OCEAN
50%
of european
citizens
think
w
e sh
o
uld lea
v
e behind
f
ossil ene
rg
y and
f
orbid any oil or
g
as
e
xploration and
e
xploitation.
3
/
4
of european
citizens
w
ant
t
o ban
e
xploration
and oil
e
xploitation in marine
p
rot
ec
t
ed a
r
eas.
abou
t
fossi
l
fuels
and offshore
exp
l
oi
ta
tion
1/3
of european
citizens
think that
w
e
m
ust p
r
om
ot
e
inn
o
v
ation and e
c
o-design
of ships (pain
t
s, ene
rg
y
efficien
c
y
, ma
t
erials...).
1
/
4
of european
citizens
a
r
e in
f
a
v
or of s
t
r
engthening
s
u
r
v
eillan
c
e of marine
and noi
s
e pol
l
ution.
t
o
w
ards
sus
t
ainable
shipping
98%
w
o
uld al
s
o be willing
t
o change their
b
uying
habi
t
s if an
"
e
c
o-friendly
t
ranspo
r
t" label
w
as c
r
ea
t
ed
f
or the p
r
o
du
c
t
s.
United Kingdom
I
r
eland
Denmark
Netherlands
B
elgium
S
pain
S
w
eden
F
inland
Germany
A
us
t
ria
B
ul
g
aria
R
omania
Hun
g
a
r
y
C
r
oatia
S
l
ov
enia
G
r
ee
c
e
Italy
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yp
r
us
