Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-14-Speech-2-029"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Charter of Fundamental Rights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001114.2.2-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-14-Speech-2-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (2000-07-03--2001-09-02)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, in answer to the question as to whether Parliament should participate in the official promulgation of the Charter I would simply say ‘no’. It really is a waste of time! Whose interests are we serving by declaring this Charter? Not the citizens of the Member States, because most of the rights in the Charter are worded so vaguely that any interested party, the institutions included, can interpret it at will. What is more, no provision whatsoever has been made for an effective system of legal protection, should the Charter become legally binding, God forbid. In addition, the document is packed with rights that do nothing to curb the powers of the institutions. As such, the Charter is directed primarily at the Member States, but they have incorporated all the necessary fundamental rights in their own constitutions. Each Member State is a signatory to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides an additional guarantee for the effective protection of fundamental rights. So what can a Charter of this kind bring to the situation, apart from serious confusion? According to Joseph Weiler, the citizens of Europe will soon be suffering from an excess of fundamental rights protection rather than any shortfall in this area. I could not agree with him more. Having too much in the way of fundamental rights protection is just as damaging as having too little. The Charter has turned into a prestige project. As an institution, the European Parliament has the interests of the citizens at heart, and should therefore have no truck with it."@en1

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