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"en.19990916.6.4-096"2
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The Danish Social Democrats in the European Parliament have declined to vote for a motion for a resolution concerning further integration in the fields of freedom, security and justice. We believe in just and efficient European co-operation in connection with asylum and immigration. We are also believers in improved co-operation to prevent criminal activity in areas such as the trade in human beings, offences against children and money laundering.
The motion for a resolution includes a desire to transfer police co-operation from the third to the First Pillar, a wish to give Europol operational powers and a plea to set up a common European prosecution service (Corpus Juris).
We have voted against giving Europol operational powers because we don’t want it developing into a European answer to the FBI. We have also voted against establishing a common European prosecution service. We are not in favour of a common European criminal law or authority. Criminal activity can be combated just as effectively with the existing instruments, including Europol, and the conventions relating to extradition and to the assistance to be given by one State to another in the administration of justice.
We have declined to vote for transferring political co-operation from the Third to the First Pillar. As long as the Danish reserve in the legal sphere still stands, we are in a special situation. We respect the fact that the other Member States wish to transfer co-operation to the First Pillar, but we cannot vote in favour of this as long as Denmark has a reserve in the legal sphere.
For the reasons stated above, we have declined to vote for the whole motion for a resolution. Nor, moreover, can we support the desire that the Tampere Summit should be the starting signal for a new Intergovernmental Conference concerning further integration in the area of law. At the next Intergovernmental Conference, it is the institutional changes which need to be concentrated upon. Otherwise, we risk delaying the enlargement process."@en1
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"Blak, Lund and Thorning-Schmidt (PSE ),"1
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