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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Restructuring of the automobile sector2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041025.14.1-085"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-25-Speech-1-0862
lpv:speaker	lp:Patrick Louis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the automobile industry is an industry which, more than any other, is dependent upon policies laid down at European level. I should like to draw your attention to two key facts, before making two proposals. Firstly, the automobile industry is experiencing near-deflationary conditions, as well as being exposed to a competition which is subject to almost no restrictions. Secondly, it is one of the mainstays of European industry, generating two million jobs directly and over eight million jobs indirectly, as well as accounting for 24% of research and development. It provides a firm guarantee for Europe’s place in the global economy, and yet this industry is under threat. Rapid and decisive action must be taken, and my proposals are as follows. In the light of the Commission statement, it should be stressed that, since enlargement, only three of the 25 Member States can truly be said to be major forces in the automobile industry, namely France, Germany and Italy. It is therefore imperative that the other Member States and the Commission understand the significance of this industrial sector for all of Europe. In particular, the European Union should not impose any additional regulatory constraints which are not in strict proportion to actual environmental and safety needs. Our prime concern should be to maintain the competitiveness of the European automobile industry. By cooperating closely with this industry, we must now move away from the drive to reduce polluting emissions, a task which we are close to achieving, towards a new priority of reducing CO2 emissions. The Commission drafts on designs and models are another cause for concern with regard to the future and competitiveness of our automobile industry. The reason why the automobile industry is one of the leading industrial sectors in terms of resources allocated to research and development is because it is possible to obtain legal protection for the results of this research. Those within the Commission who support an unbridled liberalism should therefore be made to see sense, and our industry must be able to pursue its efforts to modernise and to improve competitiveness without others gaining from the fruits of its labours, in so doing jeopardising jobs in European industry."@en1

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