Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-07-Speech-4-114"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000907.2.4-114"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-07-Speech-4-1152
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Playing sports is good for us. After all, playing is in our make-up and benefits our health and sense of well-being. But unfortunately, the enjoyment we derive from sport has come under pressure over the past decades and has been marred by a persistent and one-sided focus on performance and ever greater commercial interests. The use of doping in sport must be seen against this background. In my opinion, the phenomenon of doping cannot be considered in isolation but forms part of the commercialisation of a leisure activity. As a result, the discrepancy between amateur and professional sport has become far too pronounced. Sport is high on the agenda in the Commission’s Helsinki report. In the resolution too, sport is commended as fulfilling a social and integrating role which brings people closer together. It is regrettable that many major sports events show signs of the opposite. Not for nothing did the Dutch Andre Bolhuis nickname the Olympic Games in Atlanta the Olympic War, probably because these games involved thousands of police and because of the hostile atmosphere which the American public and their media created with regard to overseas sportspeople. If we are to counter these expressions of hostility, which we also encounter during international sports events in our countries, sportsmanship needs to be placed at the top of the bill once again. The focus on performance and commercial interests should disappear very much into the background. This would at the same time create a much better climate for fighting the use of doping in the most effective way possible. In the area of sport, the Treaty does not accord any direct powers to EU institutions. Accordingly, the involvement of the Community in fighting the use of doping should be low-key. The sports sector is organised in its own unique way and national federations and unions still play a key role in this. Consequently, I do not agree with the request to include a reference to sport in Article 151 of the EU Treaty. After all, pressing for a Community-wide sports policy runs counter to the subsidiarity principle. Although the resolution we voted on a moment ago does contain positive elements, I cannot support it mainly for the aforementioned institutional reason."@en1
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