Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-23-Speech-3-238"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-02-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Expiry of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050223.17.3-238"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-23-Speech-3-2392
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristiana Muscardini2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2008-05-07)3 co-chair; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Presidents (2004-07-20--2006-12-12)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, some years ago the British Commissioner responsible for international trade was asked: ‘What should be the minimum market share that the textile sector in Europe should be guaranteed?’ The reply was: ‘None, if the market is pushing in that direction.’ Well, ladies and gentlemen, today, one day after the removal of the quota measures imposed on textile imports from China, that Commissioner’s prophesy has come true. Market risk occurs not when people are guided by common sense but when there is woolly thinking. The textile sector is on its knees, with all the consequences that has for developing the economy and for our fellow citizens’ well-being. Market reaction has been immediate in these first two months of 2005. Applications for import licences from China have risen. To a great extent, the small producers in the textile sector are closing and becoming importers. They close their factories and lay off their workers, thus becoming vendors of products that are placed on the market at high prices even though they are of terrible quality. We need to understand, therefore, whether the Commission and the Council want to implement those measures that are possible, recognised and permitted within the framework of the WTO agreements, so as to cushion the adverse effects of removing the quotas. Even before that, however, we need to understand the Commission’s and the Member States’ philosophy. We believe that the mark of origin remains the most important of the possible measures. Producers and consumers need to be protected by means of transparency – in other words, by identifying the quality and origin of products. The European quality mark, with the European nation of origin specifically mentioned on it, is thus in our view the primary objective to be achieved if we want to ensure, not protection of Europe as such, but rather respect for what Europe produces. The Commission and the Council are aware that, in view of the current situation in the textile sector, the entire industry in Europe may disappear from world markets and from our own markets. How do they intend to act in the WTO when faced with the next demands for liberalisation in one or other manufacturing industry, in which the same consequences that we have seen in the textile industry may be repeated? We look forward to a reassuring answer, Commissioner; otherwise, we shall be forced to think that, as Europe progresses, some manufacturing industries in Europe including Italy, – as it concerns me directly to a great extent – will be forced to shut up shop and wave goodbye to social cohesion and the European model."@en1

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