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"It is clear that piracy, counterfeiting, parallel trade, and so on, are scourges for our economy and, in many cases, a menace to citizens. It is also clear that firm action must be taken to tackle such unfair practices. However, this report merely notes the dismantling of services and the lack of resources in the customs field, which no one for that matter is proposing to strengthen. Whose fault is that? Where is the strengthening of external border controls which was promised in exchange for the dismantling of EU internal border controls? The explosion in imports of counterfeit goods is the direct consequence of the EU’s ultra free market policies and, in particular, of it having accepted China, the world’s greatest counterfeiter, into the WTO. The first action that should be taken is to restore real custom-controlled borders, providing real commercial protection at European and national level. Otherwise, what the EU is proposing will be more like stopgap measures than a real solution. Moreover, in this report, the consequences for everyday citizens are, in my view, both unclear and excessive. That is why, although tempted to do so, I did not vote in favour of the Creutzmann report."@en1
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