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"Mr President, Commissioner, I think we are all agreed on the importance of tourism. It plays a very important role not only for citizens in Europe, but also for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Statistical data are crucially important. Only by creating a reliable and complete database will we be able to make policy that enables tourism to realise its full potential. I congratulate the rapporteur on his work, and my colleague, Mr Fidanza, has just presented the position of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats).
For my part, I would just like to raise three fairly general points. Firstly, I believe that we must make real use of the new political means afforded to us by the Treaty and create added value for the Member States.
My second point is that, since the various EU financial funds are, and will be, increasingly under pressure, it is very important to compare the results of the various Member States and to opt for the best practices, thereby achieving a certain degree of harmonisation where everyone gains.
My third and final point is that we need to develop tourism satellite accounts, which Canada has had for years. This would enable us to determine even more effectively the repercussions for the economy, jobs, the environment and so on, and hence to respond to a number of issues in all political fields connected with tourism."@en1
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