Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-04-Speech-2-124"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trafficking in human beings2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000704.5.2-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-04-Speech-2-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan-Kees Wiebenga2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2001-10-07)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-12-09--2001-10-07)3 vice-president; European Parliament (1999-07-20--2001-10-07)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2001-10-07)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2001-10-07)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2001-10-07)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-20--2001-10-07)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-09-13--2001-10-07)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, sadly, there will be many more Dovers. Not so long ago, we talked about the trafficking in human beings at the Strait of Gibraltar, and this was also referred to a moment ago. Prior to that, we held a debate regarding a ship transporting Kurds which ran aground off the Italian South coast. Each time, the authorities panicked, as is the case again now. It is high time we adopted policy. Because that is what it comes down to: each time a policy is announced, but this time, we need to do something about it, because we know that the trafficking in human beings simply continues. So what should we do? Minister Queyranne and Commissioner Vitorino already mentioned it. We need to tackle the causes. We need to set up common immigration and asylum policy, fight cross-border crime and at long last establish surveillance of the EU’s external borders. But I would like to point out something else. The heads of government themselves, under the leadership of President Chirac, who were here this morning, could chip in straight away. When they meet in Nice, they could abolish the right of veto in European justice policy. In this way, they, and later on the Council of Ministers for Justice, can at long last lay down European immigration legislation by enhanced majority, something which this Parliament has been calling for for many years. In the case of crime policy, fighting the trafficking in human beings should not be the remit of Europol alone. It is necessary to harmonise the penalisation of this crime at European level. Indeed, the trafficking in human beings is a prime example of cross-border crime, which is what makes prosecution so difficult. This is why it is necessary to set up a European Public Prosecutor’s department in this field. Mr President, there has been enough talk. It is time for action!"@en1

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