Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-13-Speech-1-082"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European tourism2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020513.7.1-082"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-13-Speech-1-0832
lpv:speaker	lp:Efstratios Korakas2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this report is a one-sided report predicated on the need to develop the tourist product in the European Union, combat the decline in tourism in Europe and strengthen the common European tourism policy. In keeping with what is now the Union's standard approach, the report also ties tourism to the Procrustean bed of the laws of the market and competition in order to accommodate the interests of big business in the tourist sector, thereby dealing a mortal blow to small and medium-sized – and especially small – businesses in the industry. In our view, a tourism policy should be based first and foremost on protecting and safeguarding the rights of workers in the tourist industry who, because of the seasonal nature of the industry, have terrible trouble securing insurance and health and safety rights and are the first to suffer at the whim of their employers. We feel that tourism should aim to satisfy the needs of the workers and the working classes in general for rest and recreation, which are vital if they are to maintain their strength. Consequently, it must be made into a universal right of the people, not a means for the big businesses ravaging the sector to suck in excessive profits. In this sense, tourism should play a positive role in wider communications, in getting to know other nations, customs, mores and cultures, in helping to develop friendly relations between nations and in promoting popular culture and history and a healthy and creative synergy between tourism and the environment."@en1

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