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"Firstly, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, for his work in this field. It may not be a very exciting area, but it is a very important one. Mr Díaz de Mera García Consuegra has drafted a fine report, as I am keen to point out, as I myself was the rapporteur on this matter when it was one of the topics of the day during the last election campaign. At that time, opinions were a little more divided, especially with regard to which denominations would be counterfeited. The line taken by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats subsequently proved to be the right one. Many people thought that the EUR 500 notes would be the ones most counterfeited, but we in the PPE-DE Group were of the opinion that the smaller denominations, such as the EUR 20 and EUR 50 notes, would be at greater risk. I am pleased to see that Mr Díaz de Mera García Consuegra is in favour of the idea of careful monitoring also in countries where the euro has not yet been introduced. The risk of counterfeits is, more often than not, greater in these countries, as the populations have not had the same level of preparation as in the Eurozone countries. It is harder for people in these countries to tell the difference between real and fake notes and, in many cases, people are often less suspicious too. Fortunately, counterfeiting has been a much smaller problem than had been feared, perhaps due to the very Pericles programme that we are discussing, and especially due to the large scope that it has been given. This is another example of something good that the EU has done. This is an area where we no longer have so much conflict, but there is every reason to inform people about this programme, which protects us all in our everyday lives."@en1
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