Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-23-Speech-3-229"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-02-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Expiry of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050223.17.3-229"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-23-Speech-3-2302
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP-PEV) (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". It is a positive step that we are at last having this debate here, but it is a pity that it did not take place towards the end of last year, before liberalisation, as I had proposed. What is at stake is the textile industry, a strategic sector with great potential for the future, which can make an enormous contribution to economic and social cohesion. As a productive sector it deserves urgent protection through a specific programme. Otherwise, the opposite will happen, with higher unemployment and obstacles to development. In countries with weaker economies, where the textile and clothing industries are mostly located – as is the case in northern and central Portugal – there is already a worrying increase in the number of import licences issued for Chinese goods, especially in the most sensitive product categories for Portuguese industry, in addition to all the concern about household textiles imported from other places, such as India and Pakistan. Therefore, for the sake of protecting the jobs of thousands or even millions of workers and the industry itself, the safeguard clause must be applied urgently, since it will only have a positive effect if it is used soon."@en1

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