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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forced prostitution during the 2006 football World Cup (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060612.16.1-100"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-12-Speech-1-1012
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernadette Vergnaud2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, buying sex is not a sport. Football and sex do not go hand in hand. The European Union must call on Angela Merkel’s German government to combat the organised trafficking of women for the purposes of prostitution during the World Cup. Sex workers, whom Germany considers perfectly legal, and who normally receive many clients a day, will not be able to satisfactorily meet the extra demand of potential clients there will be from the millions of male World Cup spectators. What, therefore, could be more natural than for the sex industry to import some 45 000 women from Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America in order to satisfy the wishes of these gentlemen? It is not a matter of going against German laws, but of putting an end to this openly organised trafficking of women. The trafficking of women constitutes a violation of the fundamental rights of the individual and, in particular, of the right to dignity and respect for physical and mental integrity and of the right not to be subjected to violence. Governments must ensure protection and respect for the rights of individuals who are victims of trafficking and, in particular women and young girls who are forced into prostitution. Therefore, we must concentrate more on the traffickers and their networks of organised crime which exploit these women, and not on the women themselves. This sexual exploitation must cease and appropriate and effective measures must be put in place against this mafia of sex. I am especially delighted by the petition launched by the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (PSE) to put a stop to this organised prostitution and this iniquitous treatment of thousands of women. I am very much in support of this initiative and strongly condemn the organised trafficking of women, which turns them into commodities. In this context, Commissioner, are you going to take into account some of our proposals, such as the launch of a prevention campaign targeting potential victims and informing them of the dangers and risks of recruitment into these networks, or the installation of a direct multilingual telephone line backed up by a vast publicity campaign?"@en1

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