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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, while thanking the President of the Commission and Mr Tajani for their efforts, we of
must say that we are completely and utterly dissatisfied.
This debate seems surreal to me. It is a con, a downright con. Some excited left-wing Members are suggesting that we agree on uniform sizing, while we do not know the origin of the goods worn by consumers. So much for free market! I would like the surreal debate of this Tuesday evening – which was held in a half-empty Parliament – to be heard by a few thousand of the manufacturers that survived the crisis in the sector.
I understand the logic of compromise, but the current text destroys the one which resulted from the first reading and was voted for by an overwhelming majority. It was a balanced text that took account of the needs of both producers and consumers. Since then it has been a complete fiasco: if I am not mistaken only two out of the 27 Member States have asked that the consumer be informed of the composition of garments, and the Hungarian Presidency of the Council has ignored this fact. Is this not yet another demonstration that Europe is light years away from the interests of citizens, be they producers or consumers?"@en1
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