Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-14-Speech-2-049"

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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	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001114.2.2-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-14-Speech-2-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Torben Lund2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 treasurer; PES (1999-07-20--2001-05-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first and foremost, I want to say thank you to the participants in the Convention, both from Parliament and from the Commission and the Council. I think some very skilful work has been done. The Charter we are to approve today both strengthens and gives visible shape to the common fundamental rights and values our community is to be based upon. It is a Charter which, to a large degree, accords the human being a central place. I want to highlight a couple of important points. Firstly, I think it is good to have made it clear that the Convention on Human Rights and the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg are to be respected. It is important that these two bodies should not lose their authority. At the same time, I think it is important to state that the common values must be established with reference to the different cultures and traditions we have in Europe. I believe it is important to keep this in mind if we are to obtain the necessary backing for the Charter from Europe’s citizens. I also want to highlight a particularly positive feature of the Charter, namely its concern with the issue of establishing very far-reaching provisions to rule out discrimination against minorities. That is something which I think is very much to be welcomed. I also think it is good to have been far-sighted enough to have included new areas of protection in the picture. I am thinking both of the environment and of biotechnology. I believe that adopting the Charter in Nice will be a powerful signal to certain applicant countries of the seriousness with which the EU regards respect for the fundamental freedoms. Finally, I must say that I am very pleased that the Charter is being adopted in Nice as a political document. I believe it will be a good basis for the dialogue we must have with the people of Europe about Europe’s future development."@en1

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