Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-10-Speech-1-063"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Child pornography on the Internet2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000410.3.1-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-10-Speech-1-0642
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, child sex abuse is a criminal offence, whether it is committed by homosexuals or heterosexuals. The distribution of child pornography on the net is also a criminal offence, and so is making child pornography. Victims of paedophile activity are often facing lifelong trauma with some of them turning into child abusers themselves. The distribution of child pornography is facilitated by the Internet. Not only is the scale of distribution magnified, but there is a risk of the offence being trivialised. Various MEPs have already spoken a good deal in the wake of this commendable report, commenting for example on how good and necessary it is that there should be contact points, that the police should have the relevant expertise and that there should be clear penalties. These are all points underlined by Mrs Plooij. But anyone who is at all familiar with this sordid subject matter knows that the contact points are inundated with information and that – in stark contrast with this – the number of people who analyse this information is very limited. I feel sorry for them, not only because of what they are witnesses to, but also because of the volume of material in respect of which they must feel powerless. We pretend that we are all agreed on this, but this is not so in practice. In actual fact, there is a great deal of resistance. Tourist areas, also within our own European Union, do not want to admit that poverty forces poor children into prostitution. The Internet has the aura of progress. And when it comes to harmonising our legislation at European level, reference is made to all kinds of grand legal principles. I think that whoever wills the end must also will the means."@en1

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