Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-15-Speech-2-153"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Consumption of alcohol by children and adolescents2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.6.2-153"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-1542
lpv:speaker	lp:Frank Vanhecke2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; TGI (1999-07-22--2001-10-02)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaams Blok (1999-07-20--2003-06-04)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as we know, the report that is before us today has been adopted unanimously in the competent committee, which surely illustrates that there is broad consensus on this subject matter across all the ideological divides. If you were to ask me to express a point of criticism, this would not be about the gist of this report, but I should only like to mention that, when I read this document, it appears at times that it is labouring quite a few obvious points in a fairly patronising manner, in other words, a number of opinions are being trotted out on which everyone is in fact agreed. One can also question whether it is, in fact, necessary to tackle an issue at European level once again, of which all Member States are very much aware and on which they are all taking measures. However, allow me to express my surprise at the fact that, among the keen advocates of this report, especially in the parliamentary committee, I also discovered the names of MEPs from, for example, several Belgian parties in office who, in their own countries, support an actual policy to legalise soft drugs and implement such a policy by adopting an extremely flexible policy of tolerance, on the one hand, and by launching various specific propaganda campaigns promoting the use of soft drugs, on the other. This even includes the Ministers of parties in office who, via the mass media, openly admit to using soft drugs and who even light up joints while on television. In all honesty, I am extremely annoyed at this form of hypocrisy, where alcohol is rightly kept in check but where the use of marijuana and other dangerous drugs by a certain type of progressive intelligentsia is advertised as being politically correct. I simply wanted to get this off my chest, Mr President."@en1

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