Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-02-18-Speech-1-126"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-02-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Protection of the Communities’ financial interests – Fight against fraud – Annual reports 2005 and 2006 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080218.22.1-126"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-02-18-Speech-1-1282
lpv:speaker	lp:Edit Herczog2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, congratulations on this report, which highlights not only the successes of the recent past, but also some lamentable shortcomings and long-standing debts. For me this report is very topical because in Hungary a decision has been made to establish a national anti-counterfeiting body. This body will primarily have a coordinating function linking the Hungarian Patent Office, other government agencies and actors in the economy, including functions connected with European Union-related data services. We need to prepare ourselves for a long and futile battle. Knowledge – whether protected or in the public domain – is becoming increasingly widely accessible. A car on display in one room can be copied in the space of 5 minutes in the room next door. The result will not be any worse, just cheaper: it is up to us to decide whether to go ahead and buy the more expensive item anyway. We have to decide whether we are willing to pay for the intellectual achievement, the innovation, even if we have the option of choosing the secondary product or service that has no value added. To do this requires considerable awareness and commitment. We cannot expect individual citizens to recognise these connections and make decisions based on values if our legislators or governments are unable to do so. It is particularly important to reduce the number of irregularities relating to use of EU funds to below the tolerable error rate: fraud of this sort makes the European Union as a whole look ridiculous when it involves EU funds being used in a manner that contradicts the declared aims of the EU."@en1

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