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"Madam President, Commissioner-designate Vitorino pointed out at the hearing that the purpose of preparing a Charter for human rights should not only be that of finding a common denominator between Member States. Rather, the Charter should be an independent declaration of rights. When the Charter is drawn up, it is important to bear in mind that immigration policy within the European Union must take account of the Member States’ various social systems and educational opportunities. This applies especially if the Charter is to include citizens from non-EU countries who are resident within the European Union. In that way, the particular level of social protection is related more clearly to immigration and asylum policy. If too great a proportion of publicly financed social and economic entitlements were introduced, the walls shutting off the outside world would also be raised at the same time as the level of social provision in the European Union increases. This would mean that a caring approach to EU citizens would be to the detriment of those who really need protection within the EU’s borders, namely refugees.
The Treaty of Amsterdam introduces the concept of a European judicial area. If it is to be possible to use the term “judicial area”, then legal security must prevail there. To be able to measure how far along this road the Member States have come, criteria must be established and efficient methods of measurement created. It is a question of establishing convergence rules for legal security. Once convergence is established, a table of results ought to be drawn up for the purpose of making the Member States’ progress public. This would make the differences between the Member States clear. Group pressure is a strong social force which can contribute to voluntary harmonisation. If evaluation of this kind is fully open, efforts by the EU institutions may be that much more effective by promoting voluntary forms of harmonisation along the same lines. Once a process like this, aimed at establishing minimum rules, has begun, it should be possible to combine it with time limits and, in that way, provide the impetus towards creating a reliable area of justice which is a prerequisite if citizens are to be able to move freely, safely and securely and also a prerequisite for creating guarantees of security when the European Union is enlarged. This demands more effective safety and security measures, balanced with clearer definitions of personal integrity and human rights."@en1
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