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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Tourism and employment2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000217.11.4-228"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-17-Speech-4-2292
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlo Fatuzzo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partito Pensionati (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-10-06--2001-09-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, first of all I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Viceconte, who spoke at such length on the tangible possibility, for the fifteen Member States of the Union, of creating jobs by way of a sensible policy, a sensible European Union initiative in this field. This very afternoon we have had a debate on workers who suddenly find themselves unemployed. We now hope to be able to solve these problems. Tourism is an activity that falls decidedly and fundamentally within the competence of the European Union. All the European States are known throughout the world for being tourist magnets envied by all, including the United States of America, which we spoke about this afternoon with regard to the native Americans. I would like to stress one point in the Viceconte report which I welcome and particularly support, and which I would like the House and the Commission to reflect on before giving a favourable response. It regards tourism for senior citizens. I usually see Commissioner Diamantopoulou desperately tearing her hair out, bit by bit, because the elderly live too long, leading to problems with pension payments. However, in this case, the fact that we are living longer means that there are more senior citizens. Unfortunately not all, but many of them travel the world to see its marvels and to discover and learn more about it: Italians want to see what the English are like, the Greeks want to see what the Turks are like and the French want to see their Italian cousins. Tourism brings the peoples of the fifteen States and of the entire world closer together, and of course, it leads to peace and understanding. This kind of tourism, which is undertaken mainly by large numbers of senior citizens, is just as important. This type of tourism must be promoted and supported because it allows people to work in tourist destinations, not just during the summer when we go swimming in the sea, for example, but also during winter when we go to take the air. Senior citizens are always on holiday, all year round, from 1 January through to 31 December because they do not work and do not have just one month off during the year. Unfortunately, this is not true of them all, but this is why I am calling on the Commission to follow up on the Viceconte report."@en1

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