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"Mr President, the purpose of the Zappalà report is very important in that, through mobility, which of course depends on the mutual recognition of qualifications, we are giving workers more opportunities within the framework of the single European market.
Of course, the precondition to the success of such an endeavour is recognition of university diplomas. In Greece, there is a particular problem in this respect. Because no private universities have yet been opened, we have the world record in student migration. Because of this situation, European universities cooperate with so-called liberal studies centres in Greece. These diplomas are not recognised by the State and the social problem of thousands of people is escalating. We have raised this matter with the Commission in the past, both I and honourable Members on the left, excluding Mr Alyssandrakis, and the European Commission was perfectly clear on it. It says that the diplomas must be recognised. The Court of Justice of the European Communities said likewise recently in the Neri case, which concerned a similar matter in Italy.
However, because the problems of the Greek education system are dragging on, I tabled an amendment which was approved in committee, so that European diplomas could be recognised as soon as possible, without needless legal obstacles and without Greece being condemned by the Court of Justice of the European Communities, and so that reputable European universities could open annexes in Greece under a regime of legal certainty, in order to raise the level of courses through competition and put a stop to student migration.
In order to avoid any misunderstanding about the level of courses, we tabled a second amendment, together with Mr Trakatellis and Mr Zappalà, which states the obvious, i.e. that the Member States are entitled to subject the various institutions cooperating with universities in other Member States to the control mechanisms which apply to their own universities. In Greece in the past few days, after the outcry which arose, the leadership of the Socialist Party changed its mind on private higher education. It makes sense in the light of this change to adopt our amendments and I hope that this will become clear, Mr President, during the vote."@en1
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