Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-02-Speech-1-098"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Production and employment in the textile and clothing sector in various EU Member States (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090202.15.1-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-02-Speech-1-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Martí Grau i Segú2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2008-05-28--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (2008-04-07--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2008-04-07--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2008-05-28--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2008-06-04--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2008-04-09--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2008-05-28--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2008-04-09--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, as we have recently witnessed, the textile sector is suffering a major crisis that has led to many closures, relocations and redundancies, particularly in regions that specialise in this industry. In view of the current economic crisis, the European Commission should act as quickly as possible in conjunction with the Member States to alleviate the socioeconomic effects of this restructuring. These changes have been particularly dramatic for the regions and families affected. I think that workers in the textile and clothing sector should be given assistance and that social measures should be drawn up in the form of plans to help companies that are undergoing restructuring and currently find themselves in very difficult circumstances. It would be desirable to direct a substantial part of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to restructuring and retraining in the textile sector, in particular for the small and medium-sized enterprises that make up the majority of the sector in the European Union. The SMEs have suffered significantly from the effects of the liberalisation of the market. Furthermore, the import control system should be re-established, in particular with reference to Chinese imports, due to their volume. This is not at all a matter of promoting trade barriers. It is more a matter of compensating for the negative effects of this significant change. We should not forget that the European Union is the second-largest exporter in the world of textile products and clothing, which makes it necessary to guarantee optimum access to the markets of third countries. This is essential to the future of the textile and clothing industry in the European Union and in particular for SMEs. All of this, of course, must be carried out while guaranteeing fair competition on the basis of the promotion of social and environmental standards in these countries. In this regard, the provision of accurate information for consumers, for example the regulation imposing ‘made in’ labelling, which we know has not been implemented, would be of great use given that it would mean that imported products would be subject to the same consumer safety and protection requirements as those manufactured within the European Union."@en1
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