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"Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there seems to be a symbolic significance to our discussing light-sensitive issues on a dark night. Each year hundreds of thousands of women are abused in the European sex industry. It is a rapidly growing industry bringing together new technology, criminality, narcotic drugs and big money, although its nature can be summed up in a single word: violence.
It is common knowledge that most women are lured into the sex trade because of poor social circumstances, chiefly poverty and unemployment. Most prostitutes are from precisely those areas where unemployment is higher, which, where the European Union is concerned, means the poorer East European countries. This shows that the European Union and Member States individually must act primarily to improve the vocational skills of women in at-risk groups and use active labour market measures in their regard.
There is no doubt that campaigns to raise awareness of the issue of prostitution, such as the ‘Red Card to Forced Prostitution’, are important and that for a certain period they affect society’s awareness of the issue. I find, however, that the objective of forced prostitution and the commercial sexual exploitation of women needs constantly to be at the forefront of society’s and the public’s focus. I find that fairly often, funding preventive measures is more effective and cheaper for the economy than constantly dealing with the consequences of the problem.
In addition to preventive measures, it is important to increase the effectiveness of police cooperation between the Member States, particularly in the Schengen Area. I call on the Commission and the political parties represented here to be resolute and help make prostitution a thing of the past and support a ban on purchasing prostitution services in their home States. Freezing demand will also lead to our achieving our ultimate objective. Finally, it is also important to stress that there must be a zero-tolerance policy throughout the European Union on prostitution and human trafficking. We should start to take decisions and act."@en1
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