Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-05-17-Speech-1-152"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Textile names and related labelling of textile products (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100517.17.1-152"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-05-17-Speech-1-1532
lpv:speaker	lp:Sylvana Rapti2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is an expression that says ‘a man’s life hangs by a thread’. Just imagine if the thread is not strong, if it is not made from the right material; that life would be lost. I say that to illustrate how important thread and fabric are. This is not just a technical issue. We are not debating a technical report here. I consider that the excellent report drafted by Mr Manders, and I thank him for that, has a political dimension, a dimension that affects the trader and the manufacturer: with this regulation, their work will be easier and quicker. It has a political dimension which affects consumers and, by extension, the internal market; a political dimension that raises ethical issues. We need to know where a product comes from, where it was made. The ‘made in’ label is not a technical issue. It is, I think, above all, a highly political issue. When we know which country a product comes from, we have information on how it was manufactured, on the type of labour used there, on labour rights and if they are being respected. We here, as citizens of the European Union, are not technocrats walking around with our eyes closed. We are people who think, legislate and act on behalf of other people. Thus, the ‘made in’ issue is possibly a technocratic procedure with a serious political dimension and we must consolidate it. I think that our contribution will play a major role here."@en1
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