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"en.20050427.9.3-078"2
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"Mr President, even when my home country, Poland, was under Communist rule, encouraging children to drink was frowned upon. Those parents who gave alcohol to their underage children, either for the sake of a bit of peace and quiet or because they were oblivious of the consequences, came in for much criticism. Most of the families involved were socially disadvantaged, and unaware of the harm caused by alcohol and other addictive substances. The end result of addiction will always be a cycle of destruction and self-destruction that causes enormous physical and mental suffering. This is true at any age, but particularly in the case of young people. I therefore find it reprehensible and utterly disgusting that companies are producing various alcoholic drinks targeted at children, such as ‘alcopops’ that look like orangeade, or powdered alcohol in sachets. During one of the meetings of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, we heard that the Commission tolerates such products in its role as guardian of the free market. Yet the fact that our markets have been liberalised cannot be taken to mean that companies are free to encourage children or young people to get drunk. We are therefore calling on the EU institutions
to comply with EU legislation, and for strict penalties to be imposed on anyone who breaks the rules on underage drinking, or who breaches the ban on producing ingenious alcoholic drinks that are targeted at children and young people and intended to get them addicted to alcohol."@en1
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