Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-29-Speech-3-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Combating child sex tourism2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000329.10.3-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-29-Speech-3-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Klamt suggests in her report that those who engage in child sex tourism delude themselves that child abuse in a country far from Europe is less reprehensible because there is a different culture and the moral standards we have here do not apply. I think these tourists deliberately create this fantasy for themselves by way of an excuse for their misconduct. Why on earth would someone’s own moral standards suddenly change because they were in a different country? We need to look with a critical eye at how this could happen. Are the values and standards based on Christian and humanist tradition still alive and well in our decadent society? I support the Commission’s actions, which aim to instil a sense of moral awareness. But that is not enough. This is about serious criminal offences, the perpetrators of which must be convicted. I urge the Council to apply the extra-territorial principle, with no concessions. The criterion of dual criminality, which is still applied in a number of Member States, stipulates that any crime committed is only punishable if it is also punishable in the third country. Ironically, this rule dovetails neatly with the sex tourist’s delusion that the moral standards of their own country do not apply in another culture. This requirement must be abolished forthwith. I do not support the demand for a legal basis for a European policy on children. This discussion does not belong in this report on the world-wide problem of child sex tourism."@en1

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