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"We are voting against this report. This is not an issue with which the EU should concern itself. Paragraph E of the report states that tourism does not at present constitute an area of Community policy but, by virtue of the principle of subsidiarity, comes within the remit of the Member States. That is an absolutely correct assessment.
The report’s justification, namely that tourism contributes to growth and employment and is therefore central to the Lisbon process, can be applied to just about every area. We believe that the principle of subsidiarity takes precedence over such ways of thinking.
In spite of that, the report contains a host of proposals for a tourism policy at EU level.
tourist services would be classified at EU level
a special training network for tourism-related skills would be set up
bodies representing tourists in their capacity as consumers would be established
a contact group would be set up with the participation of the Member States and the tourist operators
a network would be established to enable organisations concerned with high-risk sports and leisure activities to exchange good practice.
We are opposed to all such proposals.
In spite of the fact that the draft Constitution for the EU has been rejected, it is referred to as the basis for tourism being an EU issue. It is proposed that a special tourism line should be established in the EU budget. The June summit clearly showed that the Member States do not wish to pay for all sorts of new policy areas."@en1
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