Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-13-Speech-2-083"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000613.10.2-083"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-13-Speech-2-0842
lpv:speaker	lp:Claude Turmes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-12-16--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Les Verts (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I shall not go over the health aspects of the directive again, for indeed I support the rapporteur wholeheartedly as well as the amendments tabled by my fellow Member, Mrs Roth-Behrendt. I should like briefly to mention the matter of the potential unemployment created by this directive. The tobacco industry presents itself as the harbinger of employment in Europe and claims to defend jobs, but what has the management in the tobacco industry actually achieved between the late 1980s and the present? Jobs in the industry have been “rationalised” by 50%. Employment levels in tobacco production, which formerly stood at 120 000 people, now involves no more than 60 000 people. A World Bank study shows that a reduction in tobacco consumption worldwide will lead to an increase in job creation: for if the money spent today on tobacco is spent in future on some other luxury product, for example, this will create more jobs because the tobacco industry is one that has been rationalised to the bone. It is therefore not true that the directive will cause job losses. To return to the question of exports to third world countries, is the health of an African worth less than the health of a European? The speeches made by some Members of this House, who I sincerely believe to be inspired by the arguments of the tobacco industry, are reminiscent of the debate on chocolate. As soon as certain industries and certain employers in Europe stand to gain something, the solidarity advocated in our speeches no longer seems to apply. This is one more reason to support Mr Maaten’s report, and also the European Commission’s efforts to extend the directive to exports too."@en1

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