NEIL Afram, the outgoing president of FETA, has hit out at the 'green' pressure groups in his final address to the industry.
Speaking at the recent FETA lunch in London, Neil Afram welcomed the F-Gas regulations as 'the best achievement and an excellent example of transparency' but hit out at the 'hypocrisy' of some politicians who protested against the lobbying power of industry pressure groups.
'During this weeks plenary session in Strasbourg,' said Neil Afram, 'green and leftist MEPs protested against the European Commission's increasing use of high-level policy groups, such as that recently established to advise on competitiveness, energy and the environment. They say 'The bodies are unbalanced and dominated by industry and, by including MEPs in their membership threaten constitutional confusion.'
'What confusion?,' he asked 'All we did was tell them that yes there are options; yes we want sensible, workable legislation and regulation; yes manufacturers are not stupid enough to make inefficient, expensive and dangerous products; yes you could and will make millions of redundancies and no you cannot take a unilateral decision as it will create chaos and confusion.'