Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-18-Speech-4-191"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal treatment (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000518.7.4-191"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-18-Speech-4-1922
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, it is with mixed feelings that I am making my contribution to this debate. This is largely to do with the way in which the discussion of this report has been forced upon us, against normal procedures. Needless to say, I subscribe to the importance of equal treatment of persons irrespective of racial and ethnic origin. But it is precisely because this is such an important topic that Parliament, and especially the Portuguese Presidency, would have done well to have set more time aside for it. The enactment of the general act on equal treatment cost the Netherlands blood, sweat and tears at the time. I am sure that other Member States have had similar experiences and these experiences should remind us to exercise caution and do our homework before discussing this draft directive. This will require the necessary time, not least because the implementation of the current proposal will have a ripple effect within existing legislation and systems within the different Member States. The change in the burden of proof is just one example of this. Parliament’s amendment takes the Commission’s proposal one step further. The Commission specifies that the principle of subsidiarity is still being enforced, but I question that. The directive is said to have a supplementary function with regard to the political signal it sends out. But this type of signal is being emitted with just as much power by long-standing national legislation, which is a great deal closer to the citizen, and by the widely known ECHR. An in-depth discussion would have been desirable, certainly given the far-reaching consequences which this legislation can have on legislation and legal systems within the Member States and the fact that it will infringe on the Member States’ sovereignty."@en1

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