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"Mr President, Commissioner, there can be no doubt that, especially recently, tourism in Europe is going through a serious crisis, due in part to the Iraqi crisis. I think that there should be action to deal with this problem at European level. We would expect more substantial steps in this direction but, of course, the basic problem is the lack of a legal basis in the Treaty. And that is what I shall focus on in my intervention. I know that from time to time the Commissioner, Mr Liikanen, also does what he can and what he is allowed to do on the basis of the current legislative framework; however, there are initiatives which affect the tourism sector and do not fit into a single approach and, at the same time, there is the strange phenomenon that, although we have policy for industry, we do not have policy for the most important part of industry or, in all events, a part which is becoming more and more important, which is tourism.
It is also strange, I think, that there are policies on various individual issues, such as fisheries, and rightly so, while the tourism sector, which provides work for a great many workers, the number of which rises year by year, is ignored. No-one here in this Parliament, Commissioner, is talking about replacing the role of the Member States. On the contrary. We are talking about added value at Brussels level. We are talking about coordinating action, we are talking about imitating what is basically happening in other sectors, as in the example of industry I mentioned to you.
The constitutional Convention is an important opportunity that should not be missed. Your reply, the reply of the Commission, not you personally, because I know that you are not responsible for the issue, you are merely so kind as to represent the Commission here, does not, I must say, satisfy Parliament. If you look at the positions taken by Parliament from time to time, your reply is rather neutral. One expects a stronger commitment on the part of the Commission for the Convention. There are members of the Convention who are addressing the issue. Our honourable friend, Mr Lamassoure, has tabled an amendment so that tourism becomes an additional responsibility of the European Union and we are waiting for substantial steps and a strong commitment on this particular issue on the part of the European Commission, because the Convention cannot and must not go unexploited. This is an opportunity for us to make a fresh start on tourism at European level."@en1
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