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dcterms:Date	"2012-05-22"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120522.15.2-183-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-22-Speech-2-184-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Morten Messerschmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-03-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2012-03-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; AFCO (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 substitute; JURI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Dansk Folkeparti (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair_member_of_the_bureau; EFD (2012-01-27--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-03-29--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is said that in Ancient Greece, when a politician proposed a new law, he had a rope around his neck. This was, of course, a signal that there would be consequences if he proposed a law that proved to be fatal. Fortunately, such practices are now behind us, but I cannot help thinking of it when I read this report dealing with consumer rights. Of course it is nice to secure certain privileged rights for certain vulnerable groups of consumers. On the other hand, one cannot help thinking that had the EU not insisted so zealously and so intensely on total harmonisation in the area of consumer rights, the rules would never have sunk to the level that they are at today. The fact is that Member State after Member State has been forced to create generally poorer rules for consumers, and we are now in a situation in which the EU has to make special rules for vulnerable consumers. Would it not have been better to have simply applied a minimum of harmonisation and left the countries alone to stick with their good rules?"@en1
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