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"Mr President, Commissioner, audiovisual production has an important role in preserving and developing the cultures of European countries and Europe’s cultural diversity. The importance of national cultures is being emphasised with globalisation. The audiovisual sector is one of the most global of cultural sectors. While audiovisual production is big business, the cultural dimension also plays a major part in it.
Neither must we forget the sector’s impact on employment. The total number of jobs in the cultural sector in Europe is more then three million. A considerable number of these are in the audiovisual sector. Although the sector may be run by large consortiums, we have to remember that its new jobs are created primarily for SMEs. The work of the Audiovisual Observatory is important for these SMEs. We must safeguard the development of SMEs in the audiovisual sector. They mean greater competitiveness and more diversified production for Europe’s audiovisual sector.
There are actually 34 European states, plus the European Commission, that are members of the observatory. In other words, states that are only now applying for membership of the Union are also included in the collaboration within its framework. The Audiovisual Observatory will improve the operating prerequisites of European companies in this rapidly developing area. The collation and dissemination of information particularly helps SMEs to cooperate and, hence, develop. For that reason, it is important that the operating prerequisites of the observatory are safeguarded.
It is unfortunate that, as a result of a vote taken by the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, it is being proposed that financing for the observatory should be safeguarded for just three years, going against the position of the rapporteur, the chairman of the committee, Mr Gargani, among others. I am very happy that Mr Gargani made his opinion clearly known here in this plenary session. It is true that Parliament must be careful with taxpayers’ money. At the same time, however, it must be remembered that savings should not be made in the wrong areas. It is better to support SMEs through services and not, for example, through business aid that distorts competition."@en1
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