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"Mr President, the Tampere Council was a significant step forward for European construction. It pleases me as a Spaniard that it has given its backing to the impetus which the Spanish Prime Minister, José María Aznar, gave to this Summit. The European citizens are very concerned that freedom of movement should not be coupled with the free movement of those people who wish to use it to threaten their security. Terrorists, drug traffickers, traders in human beings and other criminals most not be allowed to move around within Europe unhindered by the police or the judiciary. It seems to me to be good news in the fight against terrorism, although the resolution of Parliament does not say so, that the formal extradition procedure for people who have been finally sentenced should be removed. It also seems to me that the Commission, in accordance with the new Tampere spirit and as the monitor of Community legislating, should ensure that directives to tackle money-laundering are complied with, given that non-compliance with these directives is hindering effective judicial cooperation as, for example, in the case of Gibraltar. Furthermore, the will expressed in the Council to tackle illegal immigration networks must come to fruition urgently as a result of decisive and effective police and judicial action. The Straits of Gibraltar and the Andalusian coasts are the silent witnesses of the tragic deaths of human beings. Not one death more, Mr President-in-Office of the Council. Not one death more. The President-in-Office of the Council has also referred to the cooperation with countries of origin by means of action plans. I hope that, from now on, the Presidency of the Council will give this Parliament more explanations concerning the content of those plans. I ask you, Mr Lipponen, for more clarity and transparency in this area. We would like to know the timescales for action, the financial framework within which they will operate and the Commission’s responsibility with regard to these plans. And finally, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I cannot understand how the mandate will be extended in order to initiate other plans of action when the recently adopted ones have still not been implemented."@en1

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