Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-13-Speech-1-085"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European tourism2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020513.7.1-085"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-13-Speech-1-0862
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mrs Torres Marques has done an excellent job; I think, on balance, there are three messages which come out of this report. The first is that, at some point, we have to move from words to deeds. I have attended more debates like this than I care to remember here in the European Parliament and at some point they start to sound like empty liturgies. So we really do need to move from discussion to deed, to measures, to implementing what we keep talking about. The second is that obviously we should welcome the European Commission's communications on tourism, but we also need to say to Commissioner Liikanen that they are not enough. You start with these communications, Commissioner, but you do not see them through to the end. Various directorates, not just yours, have passed general measures on tourism, the internal market, the Structural Funds and the environment. These measures need to be coordinated, even though there is no common policy, if the European Union is to produce the best possible tourism policy. The third point I want to comment on is the famous legal basis for tourism. There is a legal basis for industry, but there is no legal basis for tourism which, in a few years' time, will be the most important sector in industry. Despite the fact that, by definition, tourism goes beyond borders and is by definition an activity which is beyond a single Member State's control. We therefore need a legal basis which will not be a substitute for national policy but, on the contrary, will help us adopt a policy with added value at European level and, in the final analysis, will help Europe stand up to international competition. That is why we need to make sure when the Treaties are revised at the next intergovernmental conference that we have the legal basis which the European Parliament advocated at the last Intergovernmental Conference."@en1

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