Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-25-Speech-3-228"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Moratorium on death penalty2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.9.3-228"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-2292
lpv:speaker	lp:Giuseppe Gargani2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 chair; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, this debate, which is a repeat of other, previous debates would, on the surface, appear superfluous and outdated. A debate on the death penalty is a debate which harks back to the development of a civilised legal system, which is something Europe already has. And yet it is topical and important in terms of world affairs. It is important for the Parliament of Europe – of Western Europe – to treat it as such since two traditions have evolved in Europe over the millennium: one which derives from the Roman tradition which influenced the European legal culture, particularly that of Italy and Germany, and recently paved the way for the new rights to freedoms, and then the tradition of Common Law, which is a basic part of the British Bill of Rights. Despite certain very tragic events which have taken place in Europe, despite the fact that there have been fascist and communist cultures that have trampled underfoot rights to freedoms and the rights of individuals, I feel it noteworthy that agreement has been reached time and time again in this Parliament in discussing the death penalty and firmly condemning it in any form whatsoever. In my opinion, the Charter of Fundamental Rights which is under discussion, for which Nice will be a decisive moment, is based on this value, the value of the human person, the value of the right to freedom. We Italians are of the tradition of Cesare Beccaria, as has already been said, but Beccaria was a man who belonged to Europe, who rejected mediaeval, obscurantist law in its entirety in favour of modern law, in favour of a legal system which does not make us wolves to our fellow men but, by means of peaceful civil coexistence, guarantees freedoms. Capital punishment is always incompatible with peace in civil coexistence and we must find the courage to declare that accepting a moratorium – although that would be great step forward – is not enough to make a country genuinely democratic: to achieve true democracy it must abolish the death penalty. And so it is true: a humanitarian undertaking is not sufficient. We need to shout it from the rooftops that the death penalty is against the law."@en1

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