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"Mr President, the circus is magic for children. The circus is a special entertainment for adults. The circus is art and provides jobs for the people who work in it. The circus is also a zoo for those people who live far away from real, official zoos of the big cities. The circus is a home for many families and a school for their children. The circus is both outside and inside our societies; outside with its magic and fairy tales, and inside with its everyday needs and realities. Mrs Pack’s excellent report respects the magic and she well knows that magic should not be regulated. So she is trying to help the circus people solve their everyday problems. It is a good approach.
It is important to provide adequate education for the children of travelling communities. Distance learning and e-learning can be part of the solution, but circus children should also meet other children coming from the so-called real life. A proper visa and work permit regime is also important for circus workers, as the circus really is without borders or frontiers.
As a former member of the Hungarian Parliament I tabled an amendment to incorporate into our penal code a punishment for the torture of animals. So I respect the wording about animals, but nevertheless, I do not support a total ban on animal attractions in our circus and I think Mrs Pack has a wise approach to this issue. Animals should be respected, but without them the circus would lose its ancient magic and we cannot kill magic. Lions, elephants, monkeys and other exotic animals in the circus made my childhood more colourful and it should remain so for new generations.
I would like to make a last remark which does not exactly concern the circus problem. I totally agree with Mrs Pack that work permits should be provided for circus workers, but I also think, as Mr Figel’ rightly pointed out, that work permits should also be provided for all working people in this European Union, even those coming from new member countries and even countries like in Germany."@en1
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