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"Mr President, Commissioner, this report from Mrs Gibault sets the same priorities that Parliament set on the basis of my report 15 years ago and of Mrs Vaz da Silva’s report eight years ago. One really has to ask how often Parliament must restate these same demands before anyone actually responds. I was pleased to hear just now that the Commissioner might indeed take a small step in the direction we proposed 15 years ago. Some things do take a long time!
This report says that a review of the social status of artists must be undertaken. The difficulties and obstacles in the sphere of visa policy that impair the mobility of artists must be clearly defined. I know that Parliament is currently working on the visa rules, and I hope that artists will also benefit from this new regime. That has long been our cherished wish, and I believe this improvement is now well under way. The social status of artists is about their social security and about unemployment and pensions.
Back in the 1992 report we were demanding a status for artists. Just imagine – 1992! Where was Slovakia then, Commissioner? Back then we were already trying to make suggestions regarding the fiscal treatment of works of art and to achieve harmonisation for the works of artists, particularly as regards value-added tax. We tried to create a fund. We tried to create an identity card for artists. All that back in 1992! All of these things are now being called for once again. I learned as a teacher that everything must be repeated so that the lesson sinks in. In the present case, however, everything has sunk in so deep that it no longer resurfaces. Allow us, therefore, to whisper a word in your ear, Commissioner, and not in your ear alone, for this is actually a matter for the Member States. That is why today, just as in the past, we are again calling on the Member States to look for ways in which they can provide special support.
My report in those days was much bolder than the one we venture to present today, because we are afraid that some provisions might not be implemented and because we have become far more cautious now. We must measure our democracies by how much we do for the arts, by how much scope we give them. Claire Gibault has identified ways in which the measures we ought to take can be implemented by the Commission and the Member States. I wish her the best of luck in pursuit of that goal."@en1
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