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We supported the amendments seeking to improve maritime safety. We are in favour of extending the scope of application of the regulation to passenger ships, of coordinating with the other Community tools and of strengthening cooperation between national maritime administrations. At a time when the European Union is enlarging to include Malta and Cyprus, making it the world’s largest shipping power, these changes are urgent and essential.
The two island States must at all costs raise the moral standards of their flags, which are real flags of convenience at the service of the ‘hooligans of the sea’. But we must also denounce those countries which, like France, have created a ‘second flag’. French shipowners now only use the flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Their vessels are registered in France (making them eligible for the relevant aids and subsidies), but up to 65% of the seamen on board are of foreign nationality. Their pay and working and living conditions obviously depend on their country of origin and bear no relation to their qualifications. This exploitation means that huge profits are reaped at the price of the dignity, rights, health and sometimes even the lives of crews that come in the main from the poorest countries on earth. That is the real scandal of the shipping register."@en1
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