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"Mr President, the textile and clothing industry in Greece is in dire straits.
I should like to quote the Commission certain statistics: in 2004 alone, redundancies exceeded 15 000. Recently, new textile factories have closed in areas of Greece such as Corinth, Thessaloniki and Thrace. It is a crucial problem and the traditional productive fabric of the country is being damaged and unemployment is increasing.
However, this is a wider problem; it is a European, not a national problem. That is why active rather than passive intervention is needed. The question is how is the European Union reacting and how is it making use of the mechanisms of the World Trade Organisation. The question is what integrated European policy does Europe have at its disposal to modernise and strengthen the competition of the European textile industry. European citizens do not believe today that the Shanghai agreement was the most correct framework; or they probably believe that it was very late coming. Just as European citizens believe that the September agreement achieved by the Commission will not stand up. The problem will bounce back even more strongly next year.
It is very difficult, Commissioner, to persuade the European citizens losing their jobs and finding themselves unemployed that the European Union has every interest in full liberalisation because it can export its goods and services to China. This is simply because not all European countries have heavy industry, they do not all produce cars and airbuses.
The European Commission needs to formulate a new integrated strategy for the textile industry in the run-up to the crucial milestone of 2008. It needs to be more proactive in defending the rights of the European Union at the World Trade Organisation.
To close, I call on the Commissioner for the European Commission to tell us what it intends to do about the textile companies financed from Community funds which then either relocated outside Europe or closed. It is a particularly important issue which requires an immediate response from the European Commission."@en1
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