Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-05-Speech-4-057"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European learning area2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.3.4-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-0582
lpv:speaker	lp:Bruno Gollnisch2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Front national (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as a former dean of a faculty of the University of Lyon, where almost thirty foreign languages are taught, I found, in the report by Mrs Gutiérrez-Cortines, many positive elements as well as others which, unfortunately, I feel are rather more debatable. To list some of the positive elements, efforts are being made to reduce administrative or other obstacles hampering exchange programmes for students and teachers, efforts are being made to encourage learning foreign languages, and not only English; efforts are also being made to create joint networks and services for circulating information, and, lastly, efforts are being made to encourage placements and even sporting competitions. These are all excellent initiatives. I must, however, express some reservations about the self-confessed goal of this report through the creation of a European area of higher education. The Commission’s assessment of all university systems, both public-sector and privately-run, could create a new bureaucratic, supranational European layer, disregarding the subsidiarity principle which is included – almost for the sake of appearances – in the first paragraph of the report. The stated desire to introduce uniform criteria in the structure of qualifications, or even to harmonise all university curricula for students, will undoubtedly reduce the diversity of distinctive academic or scientific models, which can be regarded as a competitive factor and a mark of progress. European civilisation has created diversity in all areas. By first of all fully mastering a specific area of knowledge, a science, a technique, a particular experience and a national culture, we shall stay as faithful as possible to true European traditions."@en1

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