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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sport2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000907.1.4-022"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-07-Speech-4-0232
lpv:speaker	lp:Thierry de La Perriere2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2001-01-30)3 unknown; Rassemblement pour la France (1999-07-20--2000-11-22)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, doping is symptomatic of the inverted values of our societies, in which the end has come to justify the means. It is primarily a form of cheating, with individuals cheating themselves as well as cheating others. That is why there is a need to establish a vast education programme to reinstate the true values of sport and to make it,once again, a school of life and an example for our youngest generations. At every level, including the very highest, sport should be an opportunity to teach the virtues of endeavour, courage, team spirit and respect for others. The Commission was right to remind us that one of the first causes of the increased prevalence of doping lies in the commercial implications of modern sport. That is why our reflections should focus more sharply on the possibility of imposing stiffer penalties on the various economic operators who encourage doping or profit from it. Finally, the reason why sport has assumed an important and indeed a central place in our contemporary societies is perhaps because it has become the only means open to a nation to demonstrate its greatness. Perhaps the nations ought to rediscover other ways of projecting their greatness and their pride on the world stage, and I cannot help thinking at this moment of national currencies, which are an essential attribute of a country's sovereignty and grandeur. Today, as the euro, the currency of the Euro-optimists, plummets, it is an urgent necessity that all nations should be able to keep their own currency, just as they keep their national sports teams, of which they are so proud, with no need of artificial stimulants."@en1

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