Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-14-Speech-2-016"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-11-14"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20001114.2.2-016"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-14-Speech-2-0172
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, allow me, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, to begin by congratulating the rapporteurs and all those who have contributed to the Convention. They have shown that European issues can be worked with in a new and exemplary way, a way superior to that of the Intergovernmental Conference because of its open and democratic method of working, involving full public control and opportunities for citizens to participate. The fact that European cooperation is not only based upon economic agreements has been mentioned in this Chamber on a number of occasions. This has become additionally clear in the course of last year. The growth of xenophobic and anti-democratic movements brings the issue of common European values to a head. As the European institutions acquire ever more power over citizens, it is also important to place limits upon this influence. The proposed Charter is in the way it gives a central place to the citizen and her rights. Naturally, political compromises have also been made. There has been give and take but, on the whole, what we have here is a catalogue of common and modern rights which give clear and concrete form to the European community of values. Because there is a certain amount of concern about this, it is important to point out that the Charter supplements, rather than competes with, the Council of Europe’s Charter of Human Rights. It is therefore important that, no later than in Nice, the legal opportunity should be created for the EU to sign the Council of Europe’s Convention. At the Nice Summit, the Charter will be accepted in the form of a political declaration. This must not be transformed into a mere ceremony with the vaguest of declarations. People are tired of this type of event. It must be made clear that the Charter is to be regarded as morally binding. As soon as possible after the Summit, the Swedish Presidency must also establish the procedures for working on the Charter’s continued status, the objective being that, following certain changes, it should become binding and part of a future European constitution."@en1
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