Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-12-Speech-1-182"
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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in September 2005 Parliament adopted the Resolution on Sustainable Tourism. About one month later, on 21 October, I had the opportunity to listen to your speech in Malta, at an important but certainly informal meeting – I refer to the Forum of Workers and Professional Associations. Even though you did not refer to the Parliamentary debate, you adopted many of the observations that we had made in this House and in committee.
On that occasion you had not drawn up any plan to annul a European policy on tourism because the Constitution had not yet been approved. Yet France and the Netherlands had already said ‘no’ in their referendums.
Although the concept that a Community policy on tourism might replace the national policies seems to have been definitely ruled out, support from the EU remains a possibility. This could take the form of financial support, leading to administrative cooperation, pilot projects and guidance, so as to implement (as is demonstrated by the experience of the Structural Funds) a genuine policy for the tourism sector, guiding the decisions made by public bodies and economic operators.
Furthermore, despite the impossibility of harmonising the laws and regulations of the Member States, the possibility remains open for the European institutions to work together when it is seen to be necessary for the functioning of the internal market or where there is a specific legal basis, as in the case of consumer protection, transport and the environment. In my opinion, therefore, there is no reason why this communication should have run into the sand or why there should be no European tourism policy.
Commissioner, I think that a closer relationship with Parliament would be helpful to your role as well."@en1
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