Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-04-Speech-2-082"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by Presidency-in-Office of Council – Action programme of French presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000704.3.2-082"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-04-Speech-2-0832
lpv:speaker	lp:Sir Graham Watson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2002-01-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the programme which the French President has just presented is both ambitious and realistic. I was, however, hoping for a clearer commitment regarding the fundamental rights included in the Union’s agenda, for two reasons. In the first place, these rights must be enshrined in the forthcoming Charter of Fundamental Rights. In his speech, however, the President did not cite the examination of this charter as one of the main points of the European Council in Biarritz. In his response to the first speakers, he suggested that there could be some discussion of a proposal for a charter in Biarritz, but with a content that, he is well aware, would make it almost impossible to incorporate into the Treaties at the European Council in Nice. Is France, the homeland of human rights for two centuries, not going to set a more ambitious objective? This would be a great disappointment. In the second place, since Amsterdam, fundamental rights have formed the foundations of our Union and should represent the constant reference for any Member State action. The creation of an area of freedom, justice and security is the most difficult undertaking before us, especially given that unanimity is still the rule. This is a good subject of investigation for the intensified cooperation to which the President recently referred once again. The President was the first to refer to the terms of Article 6 of the Treaty in connection with the Haider case. In adopting such a stance, he set a very high standard, not just for the Austrian Government but, indirectly, for all the others too. The measures the French Presidency has already announced in the areas of justice and home affairs appear to live up to this challenge. They are, however, merely plans at this stage. Let me therefore address the French Presidency with the words the Greeks used to address the most promising athlete in ancient times: [here is your Colossus, now jump!]"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"hic rhodus, hic salta"1

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