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"Madam President, Commissioner, the European Parliament, working together with the Commission, is flexing its muscles in the interests of the children of Europe. Ms Angelilli’s report, which is the result of exemplary cross-group cooperation, is our strongest weapon to date against the abuse of minors, which, as we know, has reached such dimensions, throughout both Europe and the world at large, that no single Member State can hope to achieve something in this area by acting alone. Child welfare must be given priority in our political work. This is the proof. Building on this excellent report and the forthcoming directive, we must set our sights on the next steps, intervening before such horrific acts occur, in other words we must strengthen preventive measures. I refer particularly to the way in which children are portrayed in the media: here we find children presented as sex objects and depicted in suggestive and lascivious poses. This is precisely what happened recently in French magazine ‘Vogue’. An issue that was distributed throughout Europe showed 10-year-old girls in provocative poses – something the experts tell us provides a clear stimulus for criminality among paedophiles.
We need to take action both on the Internet and beyond. In future, we need to raise the clearly declining threshold of acceptance, after all anything that impinges on our children requires maximum protection. We need to put a stop to the perversion of the principle of the freedom of the press, which is a red herring anyway, before children are abused. The media should not be allowed to provide an impetus for those with paedophile tendencies, who can interpret such publicity as a prompt for action.
With this in mind, I would encourage the Commission and Parliament to continue with this joint campaign."@en1
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