Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-16-Speech-5-035"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000616.3.5-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-16-Speech-5-0362
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, we have before us a simple proposed amendment from the European Commission authorising the Monitoring Centre to provide technical support to the Central and Eastern European candidate countries for the setting up of drugs information systems. Furthermore, the Sousa Pinto report contains proposed amendments relating to the functioning of the Management Board and the REITOX system. This is as a result of the recent evaluation report by the EMCDDA. Although these amendments fall completely outside the scope of the subject and the question arises as to whether such practices benefit relations with the Commission and the Council, I have a certain amount of sympathy for the stance taken by the rapporteur in this case. We must take advantage of an opportunity like this. Unfortunately, his amendments overshoot the mark by a long way in some respects. I am unhappy about adding Turkey to the list of candidate countries that are eligible for support from the EMCDDA. In view of the fact that Turkey has just been given candidate status, you could claim it is reasonable to offer the country this opportunity. But precisely because of the specific, politically-tinged drugs problems Turkey is facing, and the fact that it has only very recently been given candidate status, the EMCDDA will have its work cut out. Ultimately, I am against making the EMCDDA categorically responsible for the evaluation of data. According to the report, it would then become a data bank without a critical dimension. But the evaluation of data often turns into political opinion, which is exactly what we do not want the EMCDDA’s task or aim to be. On the contrary, it is for the competent political bodies to adopt a position and to frame policy on the basis of objective data provided by the Monitoring Centre. Moreover, in view of the problems that came to the fore in the evaluation report by the EMCDDA and the extension of tasks that is to take place through this regulation, we ought to be extremely pleased if we succeed in setting up a smooth-running data bank from the very outset."@en1

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