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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this has been a very long, fruitful and exhaustive debate. I am really pleased with the level of participation, not only in putting this text together but also in this afternoon’s debate. Clearly, the aim is to really clamp down on these acts, while we have also taken great care to stress the importance of prevention, assistance and support for victims and their families, and training for anyone who can provide support, care and assistance. I also think it is important to say to adults, parents and teachers that we need to fill the generational technology gap that often keeps adults far removed from social networks and the Internet, and therefore far removed from a world that is very familiar to children. I would like to clarify something with regard to the Internet and, in general terms, the virtual world: there must be no fears that removing child pornography could be tantamount to censorship, limiting freedom of expression or information, or even that it could represent a criminalisation of the Internet and new forms of communication. Quite the contrary. The Internet is a huge asset and offers an enormous opportunity for communication and socialising: our goal and the goal pursued by the directive is simply to tackle the abuse, violence and exploitation that could, unfortunately, be fostered on the Internet through photos, images or films. Therefore, only items related to these extremely serious crimes will be subject to removal, so there will be absolutely no censorship or limitation on the freedom of expression. I should also like to spare a mention for Ms Sippel, whom I thank once again for her input on this task. I too am perhaps a little disappointed that the text does not contain concordance tables. We initially included them in the recitals and therefore within the body of the directive. As we know, negotiations have been tortuous and very difficult, but in my opinion we should in any case be happy and satisfied with the outcome. I would like to conclude by stating my agreement with something that Ms Malmström mentioned: perhaps something more could be done on the issue of sex tourism. True, something more could be done, even though the directive gives Member States that want to do more the possibility to take action. At the same time, we can say that this is a rigorous, exhaustive and groundbreaking text. I am very pleased with it as, I think, are my fellow Members. I should like to thank once again the shadow rapporteurs and all the Members who contributed to the positive outcome of this text, as well as Ms Malmström and of course the Council, the Hungarian Presidency, and above all the Polish Presidency."@en1
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