Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-12-Speech-1-119"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European films2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011112.10.1-119"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-12-Speech-1-1202
lpv:speaker	lp:Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (1999-07-22--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; BUDG (2000-05-23--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)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 member; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by congratulating the rapporteur on his excellent work. This document gives a clear picture of the difficulties European cinema has been striving painfully to overcome for many years now. I would like to focus briefly on two of the many points contained in the motion for a resolution which caught my attention. Firstly, I fully support the call for the funds made available to the film-making industry to be increased. In effect, considering that the cinema has become an important part of our cultural heritage – cinemas have been more popular than bookshops for many years now in Europe – and given the high potential for employment in this sector, there is no doubt that greater Community financial aid would facilitate its development. And this is precisely one of the problematic areas. Without incentives and investment, there is no growth or impetus, and there is no quality either. Europe has been overrun with film productions which are foreign to our cultural identity and often of dubious quality for too long now. That is not to question the existence of the opportunity or rather the need for cinema to encourage awareness of diversities, of course, but I do feel that Europe needs to protect and encourage its own film heritage. If, in addition, we consider the competition which came from television during the 1970s, it is not hard to see why hundreds, thousands of cinemas have been closed for so long. Secondly, I fully support item 18, which refers explicitly to the restoration and protection of the European film heritage. We do indeed need to encourage public institutions, local authorities and cultural associations to search for old and short films and to restore film material, thus ensuring that they are preserved and are available to the public. There are very few film libraries in Europe which are worthy of that name and genuinely properly equipped and efficient. They often suffer from miserly public contributions from the governments of the Member States. Well then, the European Union cannot remain insensitive to this additional urgent need if we genuinely want to preserve the past heritage and guarantee the future of cinema."@en1

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