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"Mr President, the subsidiarity principle is one of the fundamental principles underlying cooperation in the European Union. It is high time it was properly evaluated and that a system was set up which clearly identifies the EU's areas of competence. A criticism which is often levelled at the EU and which, to some extent, is justified is that it is involved in far too many areas.
One such area is tourism which, by its very nature, is very much a national concern. In so far as tourism falls within the political domain, it should be at national, regional and local level. Tourism is a major source of employment and has a role to play as regards the EU's financial support for less well-off regions. Even in that respect, any cooperation should, however, be carried out according to the subsidiarity principle.
Because tourism can also have a harmful impact on the environment, there needs to be a strategy for damage limitation. However, such a strategy should come within the framework of environmental policy. The report laments the lack of a legal basis for a policy on tourism. However, the Swedish Christian Democrats would oppose any such development as we believe that tourism is a matter with which the European Union should only be marginally concerned."@en1
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