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"Mr President, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mrs Hieronymi, on her report. The audiovisual industry is one of the most rapidly growing sectors in Europe. In the EU over one billion people went to the cinema in 2004, yet American films dominate the industry, holding 71% of the market. So far the European Union has failed to make effective use of its own audiovisual market. This ultimately means lost opportunities for growth and employment in Europe.
Europe has tremendous linguistic and cultural diversity and this must be capitalised on through the audiovisual sector. I have seen the importance of this sector at first hand in my own region in the west of Ireland, where the Irish language is spoken. It has gone from strength to strength in recent years. People go to the cinema more often in Ireland than in any other EU country.
The importance of a vibrant European-based audiovisual industry cannot be over-emphasised. It is a channel providing important opportunities for communicating the key values underlying Europe’s rich cultural heritage and it must therefore be supported in every possible way.
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"Go raibh milé maith agaibh"1
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