Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-10-Speech-1-065"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) within the WTO, including cultural diversity2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030310.4.1-065"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-10-Speech-1-0662
lpv:speaker	lp:Benedetto Della Vedova2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I have heard it said that international trade does not create wealth. Two great Europeans, Adam Smith and David Ricardo, have explained to us that the wealth of nations benefits greatly precisely from international trade, and that is how Europe’s wealth has increased. As Commissioner Lamy has had occasion to point out on a number of occasions, further liberalisation of international trade in services is vital for the European economy, which, it is essential to note, both depends on services and can export them. That is why I feel that we should condemn the fact that the European Union, as Mr Clegg said just now, is in a defensive position with its back against the wall, not just as regards agriculture but where international negotiations on services are concerned too. In saying that the European Union’s objective is to defend and promote the European social model more effectively, the Commission is almost apologising for giving consumers more choice. You, Commissioner, said that your aim is to establish negotiations in which the collective preferences and values of our society are respected. I believe that the best way to respect the preferences of the European citizens is to open up international trade in the audiovisual sector too. The European citizens must be the ones to decide whether cinema or other audiovisual products are better in Europe, whether they want those produced in Europe or those produced elsewhere, not to mention the fact that the large-scale distribution of music and films over the Internet is in danger of raising a question which is already longstanding, the question of protection of alleged cultural diversity in the field of audiovisual services. We must let the citizens choose, as in the case of education. I will end, Mr President, by saying that, as regards public utilities, as regards water and other services, too little is being done. Europe has shown that liberalisation is not incompatible with regulating and guaranteeing the quality of the services provided to the citizens."@en1

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