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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-09-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council meeting in Tampere (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990915.5.3-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-15-Speech-3-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan-Kees Wiebenga2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2001-10-07)3,3 vice-president; European Parliament (1999-07-20--2001-10-07)3,3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2001-10-07)3,3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2001-10-07)3,3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2001-10-07)3,3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-20--2001-10-07)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-09-13--2001-10-07)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, what needs to be done to make the Tampere Summit a success? European policy in the field of justice is in a state ranging from bad to useless, a point I want to make to my newly arrived Finnish colleagues too. Two examples: massive numbers of people were driven out of Kosovo and, prior to that, out of Bosnia. The European Union did not and still does not have any arrangements in place for the temporary protection and reception of these groups of people. The relevant proposal was put forward by the European Commission two years ago, and was adopted by the European Parliament last year. The national governments have refused up until now to enact the proposal. The second example is European fraud; it takes so long to get improved co-operation in the field of justice off the ground. The question of a European Public Ministry has been raised. This House voted on that in April and was in favour of it. The Committee of Wise Men is too, and now it is the Council’s move. Madam President, the one thing the Tampere Summit needs above all else is the political will of the Member States. We have no need for new plans of action, nor do we have any need for “soft law”. We want the national governments to abolish the unanimity requirement in decision-making, for it is this that paralyses the process, and we want steps to be taken towards achieving this end in Tampere. May I ask you another question Madam President-in-Office of the Council? Give us here in the European Parliament full control and the final say over legislation. Madam President, on a final note: more plans of action, more fancy press releases, they are no use to us. Decision-making by majority voting, full parliamentary control, it really would not be all that difficult to bring this about. It is a matter of having the political will."@en1

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