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"Madam President, I voted in favour of the report today, but I did not vote in favour of paragraph 20 or what is stated in paragraph 20. I understand the purpose behind what is stated there, but I think it is rather poorly worded. I think it is important that there should be a demonstrable intention to break the rules. If we have different rules in 27 Member States, there is no point shutting down one business if a mistake is made. We need to give them the opportunity to remedy the situation before we shut down their business in other Member States as well.
There is one issue to which I would just like to draw attention. In principle, online gambling has made gambling more accessible, and that has resulted in more gambling addicts. I would strongly urge the Commission to ensure that gambling operators also pay for the treatment of addicts. It is currently often left to religious organisations and others to take care of addicts. In other words, the gambling operators must be involved in paying for the damage that they cause. It could be a very small proportion of their turnover – we are probably talking per mille – but I do not think that the job of clearing up after online gambling should be the responsibility of the Member States alone."@en1
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