Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-03-Speech-4-105"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010503.5.4-105"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-03-Speech-4-1062
lpv:speaker	lp:Dominique F.C. Souchet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; NA (2001-01-31--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2000-11-23--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mrs Cederschiöld’s report rightly emphasises the considerable risks of the euro being counterfeited “when euro notes and coins come into circulation” and consequently entering the race for the “title of the world’s most counterfeited currency” at the time that “internal frontiers are abolished, thus allowing criminals to move around freely throughout the European Union”. We must now face the consequences, which were deliberately played down when we should have addressed them properly, of taking political decisions favouring the introduction of the euro, which now appear to be very serious for the everyday life of our citizens. We all know that it was not necessary for the euro to become an active currency. There was no financial need for it. This is a purely political decision, which stems from the desire to completely eradicate national currencies. If our recommendation had been accepted for the euro to be chosen, not as the single currency, but as a common currency with precedence over national currencies for certain uses likely to develop in line with the real needs of society, as a complementary currency and not as a substitute currency, we would not be facing this enormous problem of counterfeiting today. Our rapporteur is legitimately concerned about the authenticity checks which banking establishments will clearly have to carry out. I am surprised and shocked, however, that no proposals have been made specifically to help future victims of euro counterfeiters. It is the duty of those who have made the political choice to introduce the euro, in other words, the most traumatic choice they could inflict on our citizens, resulting in the sudden and total loss of the yardstick by which they establish different values in their everyday lives, to accept full responsibility for the consequences of their decision."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker was cut short pursuant to Rule 137(1) of the Rules of Procedure)"1

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