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"en.19991027.1.3-023"2
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"There are in fact legal problems with cross-national borders and which demand cooperation. These are predominantly technical problems which we might reasonably set the lawyers to solve. However, the ambitions which now dominate, both in the motion for a resolution concerning the Tampere Summit and in the communications from the Commission, go much, much further. They go much further because the hidden agenda is not merely to solve technical problems but to establish a number of supranational systems. There has been talk of “creating a union of security”. This is part of the European Union’s project and of the development of the Union, and it goes much further than is necessary. When the discussion turns to legal and home affairs, it is the family silver we are talking about. We are at the heart of a nation’s right to make its own decisions. We talk about a common policy on crime, refugees and immigration, but the question is: which policy is to be pursued? There are widely different interpretations of crime involving drugs, for example. There are many different legal traditions and, where legal policy is concerned, you can talk in terms of repressive and liberal approaches. You can do so too on the question of refugees and immigration. I would warn against establishing the supranational systems. Better to wait a bit and not be too impulsive."@en1
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