Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-25-Speech-2-085"
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"Mr President, what we are doing today is reacting to a critical situation, as we fear for the life and health of our children. In the proposed resolution we are concentrating chiefly on product safety, the product being a toy. What we are looking for is for this product to be made according to European standards. We want better control, we want a safe product, because European consumers, be they large or small, must feel safe. But this is not the only possible reaction.
Fellow members, a toy is not just a market product, and regarding it from the aspect of safety and price alone is not good enough. A toy is something more than just another form of goods – it shapes a child’s thoughts, helps it to develop, impacts on its education – which is why I am calling for the Commission, when it reviews the Toy Safety Directive, to bear these things in mind too.
Commissioner, we are using this review to give our children something more than a Chinese product that reflects American popular culture. Our children must have a wider choice of toys, including toys that have a European spirit to them. They deserve this."@en1
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