Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-11-Speech-1-114"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Export and return of cultural goods2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010611.7.1-114"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-11-Speech-1-1152
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Alyssandrakis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is clear from both the Commission communication and the report by the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport that some Member States are unwilling to apply the regulation on the export of cultural goods and the directive on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed. As far as I can see, the main reason for this is because the capitalist system commercialises culture and because huge interests, which may appear to be legal or which are downright illegal, are therefore involved in the sale of stolen cultural objects. Culture is a collective creation by society and no one has the right to appropriate a work of art and deprive society as a whole of it, let alone remove it from the environment in which it was created. It is not just a question of illegal trading; renowned auction houses are also involved and many a reputable museum owes its wealth to illegally acquired exhibits. Greece is one of the countries whose cultural heritage has been plundered on a massive scale and a host of works now reside in English, French, German and other museums, as well as in private collections. I should like to take this opportunity to ask the Commission if, having merely indicated its serious intentions, it now plans to take action to facilitate the return of the Parthenon marbles. The report by Mr Aparicio Sánchez contains numerous positive comments and interesting proposals and I should like to congratulate him on that. I should also like to thank Mr Graça Moura for raising the problem of cultural objects plundered from occupied Cyprus. However, I fear that, because of the commercialisation which I referred to earlier, it will be impossible to make any significant headway with this problem."@en1

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