Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-12-Speech-1-102"

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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	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060612.16.1-102"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-12-Speech-1-1032
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Mikko2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, my homeland, Estonia, has the shameful distinction of occupying third place in the European Union in terms of the number of prostitutes per 1 000 residents, and is only surpassed by Germany and Austria. According to a television survey organised in March, viewers overwhelmingly considered the proliferation of prostitution to be Estonia’s number one image problem. I feel that we have posed this question too timidly. The difference between forced prostitution and prostitution is very small. According to some figures, 95% of prostitution is forced prostitution. Estonian data indicate that two-thirds of prostitutes have considered suicide. 80% suffer from chronic depression. This does not give the impression that these individuals have freely chosen this occupation, but rather that they are slaves. I have personally done all that I can to reduce the demand for prostitution. I actively participated in the signature campaign organised by the women of the PSE. In just a few hours in the small town of Pärnu, Estonia, we gathered hundreds of signatures against forced prostitution. The population of Pärnu, from babies to the very elderly, is 40 000. The same number of women were forcibly transported to Germany from Eastern Europe for the Football World Cup. Commissioner Frattini – I call upon you to come before us after the World Cup and give us an overview of what exactly happened in Germany. I would like an answer to the question of how, as you say, you plan to reduce the demand for prostitution in the European Union. Are you able, and do you intend to go as far as Sweden, and demand that Member States punish those who purchase sex? This is what is actually needed in order to reduce demand."@en1

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