Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-13-Speech-2-343"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Restrictions for products subject to excise duties (Sweden)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000613.19.2-343"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-13-Speech-2-3442
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, what entitles the EU to undermine Sweden’s alcohol policy and its campaign against drugs? What makes imports of alcohol into more of a trade issue than a public health issue? In the 1994 referendum on Swedish membership of the EU, Swedish citizens were told that the derogations could be extended beyond the year 2000. The temperance movement and many citizens, including myself, were satisfied with that. On 13 March of this year, Mr Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal (the country currently holding the Presidency of the Union) described the EU’s cultural diversity as a form of wealth. He talked of there not being a single, general opinion, but 15 different arenas. Through the Commissioner responsible, Mr Bolkestein, the European Union should now nonetheless normalise the conditions which enable the Member States to continue to pursue national, democratically determined alcohol policies. Mr Bolkestein and the Commission maintain that the internal market functions in such a way as to require that every citizen be given the so-called right day in and day out to bring 210 litres of alcohol across national borders. For a family with three older children, this corresponds to 7 metric tons of alcohol per week. Should that be a so-called right? Is that a level consistent with moderate consumption? There is no question of Sweden’s being a nanny State. It is about a one-nation mentality and of taking the issue of alcohol and drug abuse seriously in terms of an integrated view of society. In the light of this issue and of the disquiet felt during Euro 2000 on the subjects of hooliganism and alcohol abuse, the Commission’s decision and the actions of Sweden’s Social Democratic Government appear absurd to say the least."@en1

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