Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-14-Speech-3-358"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Crime victims in the EU2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000614.14.3-358"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-14-Speech-3-3592
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate the rapporteur on this report. It is an important area and she has rightly drawn attention to it. It refers to the new powers of the Community over the last few years: rights of asylum, immigration and general cooperation in civil matters. It is therefore crucial that we use these powers to improve the position of victims of crime. At the time of the crime, especially personal, physical or violent crime, many victims, if not all, will be vulnerable, distressed, upset, probably angry, and desperately in need of support. As the rapporteur has said, they do not need to become victims again. Nor do they need to feel that they are being branded almost as criminals themselves. We need to ensure – and this report goes a long way towards it – that the procedures do not negate the situation or make it worse, but rather, that they support and assist the victims. The rapporteur has said that we also need to make certain that safeguards are in place so that there is no intrusion into the privacy of victims. We must in particular draw attention to intrusion or possible intrusion by the press. I am particularly pleased that this report includes support in the language or dialect of the victim of crime because sometimes that is an area that is overlooked. Likewise the necessity for training of police officers and others in authority. Ethnic minorities, very often women, children – those who sometimes find the system difficult – will be the ones who are most at risk in this sort of situation. Those who perhaps are in fear of authority are especially vulnerable. The PSE Group is pleased to support this report and to congratulate the rapporteur. However, there will be no surprise that we will reject those amendments that have been put down in the name of certain members of the TDI Group. Those amendments do not improve the report; rather they are a crude attempt to add the biased, distorted and racist sentiment of the signatories concerned. I congratulate the rapporteur on her work. I congratulate the Commission on bringing this forward, and I wish it every success in the future."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evans, Robert (PSE )."1

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