Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-18-Speech-4-082"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU action plan to combat drugs2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991118.6.4-082"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-18-Speech-4-0832
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the plan of action on drug control has been discussed within the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy. I would like to establish here once more that the plan of action met with a great deal of appreciation in our Committee. The prevention of drug abuse is necessary and it is essential to bring down the demand for drugs. Many within the Committee on Industry are also of the opinion that the fight against addiction cannot be undertaken without respect for the drug user but the Committee on Industry deemed it not to be its task to go into this aspect in any depth. Hence, the opinion focuses on the Committee on Industry’s key topics, namely trade and research. As far as external trade is concerned, the Committee on Industry is aware that the trade policy can only do so much in the fight against drugs. Driving back poverty in the producing countries is an important part of the fight against drugs. Trade instruments should therefore be deployed, in addition to other aid programmes. The Committee on Industry is also aware, of course, that the drugs topic within the Union and within this Parliament is a controversial one. There is not really a European approach. There are different approaches of Member States and there is a multilateral strategy within the UN context. It is because of this controversy that the Committee on Industry is of the opinion that headway can be made by means of independent research. Research can indicate which strategy and programmes proved successful and which did not. Based on these facts, maybe we can bridge our differences. One of the points of difference concerns the approach adopted at UN level. This approach is viewed by many as too repressive. Others, on the other hand, are of the opinion that this fight cannot be fought hard enough. The fight against drugs equals war. The Committee on Industry concludes that the general principles of the UN approach are undisputed, but all the more so the policy. This is why the Committee on Industry is urging a thorough evaluation of the multilateral policy and the treaties based thereon. It is regrettable that this conclusion is not included is Mrs Giannakou’s report. Finally, the Committee on Industry would like to express its appreciation to the Lisbon Observatory. Thanks to the findings of the observatory, we may well be able to look beyond our national preferences. The Committee on Industry hopes that the Observatory can remain a base for further development of a European approach to the drugs problem."@en1

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