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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Combating the trafficking of women and children2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060116.16.1-113"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-16-Speech-1-1142
lpv:speaker	lp:Panayiotis Demetriou2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-29--2007-03-13)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-07-22)3 unknown; Dimokratikos Synagermos (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2006-09-06)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Mrs Prets' report is a truly exceptional, complete and integrated report. It touches briefly on all aspects of the problem of the movement of and trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation. Congratulations my honourable friend, and congratulations also to Commissioner Frattini on the sensitivity which he has shown and for the views which he expressed today on this issue. The phenomenon of trafficking for sexual exploitation and trafficking in women and children is a serious disgrace to contemporary society. Unfortunately, instead of tending to disappear, it is increasing. Prostitution is the atrocious reason for trafficking in human beings, but prostitution and trafficking in human beings are two sides of the same coin. It is a fact that there is social tolerance of prostitution in all the Member States of the European Union. That is not what I am discussing. However, there appears to be no tolerance of trafficking for sexual exploitation in woman and, more importantly, children in any Member State. Nonetheless, society is proving to be unable to stamp out this scourge. There is zero tolerance in words, but no results in practice. Who is to blame? It is the inadequacy of the measures being taken to stamp out this phenomenon that is to blame. As the foxes said to the hares, 'we would agree to be your allies, if we didn't know what sort of creatures you are and who you are fighting against'. So an end to hypocrisy on the part of society, the state and individuals. This phenomenon demeans man and infringes the human rights of the victims involved in this venture and must be wiped out. There is no room for compromise or indifference. Criminalising the knowing acceptance of sexual services from women acting under coercion, deception or conditions of social and economic constraint and, more importantly, from children, is the first practical step which needs to be taken and it will certainly have results. The European Parliament is being called on to approve the Prets report by an overwhelming majority because, apart from anything else, it adopts for the first time the position of making the acceptance of such sexual services incriminating."@en1

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