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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European learning area2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.3.4-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Alyssandrakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, universities in Greece are fast losing their academic credentials. Their basic functions are being privatised, they are increasingly controlled by business interests and they are forced to operate as enterprises subject to competition and the laws of the market in general. As a result, the standard of education provided is falling across the board. The European Union is the main driving force in this direction and the report is right behind it. The Communist Party of Greece is radically opposed to the Bologna process, to private universities, to interventions via the Green Paper, to the so-called European area of higher education and, of course, to the creation of a seat of European universities, all of which eradicate independence and the free circulation of ideas. We are fighting for state universities and state universities alone, subject to academic, not business control, which will meet grass-roots and social needs. We support cooperation between universities with due respect for the academic order. Ladies and gentlemen, universities are not grocery stores. If we let them become so, we shall dash any hopes which young people have of acquiring a rounded education and any hope which society has of a better future."@en1

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