Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-10-Speech-1-080"

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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	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030310.4.1-080"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-10-Speech-1-0812
lpv:speaker	lp:Vasco Graça Moura2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Mr van Velzen’s statement deals judiciously with issues related to culture and cultural services, especially where they concern the flexibility of the positions to be taken by each Member State. It is precisely because this set of problems leads to another – the problem of what is known as ‘cultural exception’, that it must be made clear that the Commission cannot allow itself to blunder into the issue of cultural exception. This is an extremely controversial issue, primarily due to its own assumptions. In an open world in which we are increasingly committed to the free interaction of cultures, cultural diversity must clearly be protected, preserved and valued, but not at the expense of hindering the free movement of values of exactly the same nature. It is increasingly senseless, treating some cultural products as if they were industrial products, to establish forms of protection that limit their access to certain locations, such as cinemas. With television, video, DVD and other new technologies of the digital, online and Internet age, any spectator, any consumer who wishes to do so, can choose to view whatever they wish without any real barriers being able to hinder this consumption. I do not believe – or rather I must at least express my scepticism – that 50 Ministers for Culture can resolve this matter beyond the only point that will then be accepted, which is that every Member State can do whatever it feels is most appropriate to protect its interests and its own specific cultural diversity. Having made these observations, Madam President, I shall simply add that items 7, 8 and 9 of the report to which I have referred address the problem in a very sensible way in terms of prudence and balance and they deserve our support."@en1

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