Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-05-Speech-2-211"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.19991005.10.2-211"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:translated text |
".
Mr Andersson is asking what the Commission intends to do concerning drug abuse in sport.
Following President Prodi’s statements to the European Parliament, the Commission will be making an in-depth study of the situation brought about by the increase in cases of drug taking in sport, and it is considering concrete measures which it would be possible to take at a Community-wide level.
In the context of this study, we have taken into account your Parliament’s resolution of December 1998, as well as the conclusions of the Council Presidency following two informal meetings of Ministers in charge of sport. We are also working, in this matter, in close collaboration with Member States and the Council of Europe within a working group which has already met several times.
Moving on to the creation of a world-wide drug-testing agency, I can tell you, Mr President, that today, the Commission is already working on this issue. We have already moved towards a first round table discussion on the initiative of the sports ministers. I met some of them yesterday and they told me that the Commission had to act very quickly in order that we should become, as the European Union, part of this world-wide agency. The Commission expects to announce its decision on this matter next week. So, as you see, we are making huge leaps forward in this area.
In parallel with the Union’s possible membership of a world-wide drug testing agency, we feel that a European plan is needed, a plan which will make us all responsible, with all fifteen Member States marching to the same rhythm in the fight against the plague of drug taking in sport. This will be the aim of the document that we are preparing at the moment so that Mr Prodi will be able to inform the Heads of State and Government at the Helsinki Summit about the measures which need to be taken in this area. We will then be able, from next year, to propose concrete measures to you to be put into practise in our Member States."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples