Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-13-Speech-1-121"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2004, European Year of Education through Sport2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020513.10.1-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-13-Speech-1-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Marjo Matikainen-kallström2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish to thank my colleague, Mrs Pack, for her work in preparing this report. For years now she has done some really excellent work to promote sport and physical education. It is excellent that the Commission has set out to organise a Year of Sport. It was about time. It is regrettable that sport has no legal basis in Community legislation. There must be a separate Article devoted to sport, or at least it should have a clear mention in the article that deals with culture. This would not mean that the sports world would be deprived of its influence but that sports organisations would themselves be able to influence the decisions that apply to them. Young people who go in for sport must be included in the EU’s various exchange programmes. The current practice, whereby sports-related projects get hidden away under other articles in the budget, is ridiculous. It is always better to call things by their right name. Unquestionably, sport is also of educational importance, as the report mentions. For this reason I hope that the status of sport in the school curriculum will be seriously reconsidered. In many Member States schools organise important voluntary activities after the official school day has ended. Resources for these afternoon activities must also be significantly increased. Clubs that organise voluntary activities in the afternoon often do valuable work. Physical activity in the afternoon enables children to satisfy their natural need and desire for exercise. At the same time they are being offered something meaningful to do and social problems and exclusion are being prevented. Thanks to the clubs children do not need to spend long hours alone in the afternoon while their parents work longer days than before, there being no let-up in the labour shortage that is beginning to emerge."@en1

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