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"Madam President, as many speakers have said – and as I also mentioned – similar initiatives and proposals were tabled and actions were adopted by Parliament and the Commission before the 2006 World Cup organised in Germany. Fortunately, the concerns and fears of the German authorities and the European institutions did not materialise.
But that is certainly not a reason to draw the conclusion that we should not do anything now and that we can sit on our hands. It is more than reasonable to have this debate, because it is certainly better to be on the safe side and to be better prepared than necessary; it is also reasonable to make use of this opportunity to take stock of the actions, and to enable Parliament to make suggestions to the Commission, and it is also a good opportunity to raise public awareness.
I do understand the dissatisfaction of a number of speakers. In my introductory remarks I mentioned how many concrete reports the Commission launched and we are expecting the studies and the conclusions which are being drawn up, on which further actions and further action programmes can be based.
Mrs Bozkurt mentioned the issue of hotlines and I think it is a good idea, though it is not so easy to achieve. As far as the other hotline of consumer protection is concerned, it is a very different issue. So I do not think that this hotline established or initiated by my fellow Commissioner Mrs Kuneva could be used, for instance, for victim protection, because it is a very different issue. It is much more complicated.
Mrs Breyer also mentioned victim protection which I think is a very important key issue. I would like to point out that there will be a specific chapter on victim assistance in the evaluation and monitoring report of the action plan, which will be ready by October or November 2008, and we will assess the real implementation of measures to protect victims.
On the first EU anti-trafficking day which was on 18 October 2007, GLS issued recommendations on victim identification and referral services. I want to assure you that we are determined to ensure appropriate follow-up and I want to assure Members of Parliament that the Commission is ready to intensify the fight against trafficking, against forced prostitution and the organised crime behind it."@en1
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