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The parties that I represent in this House, Eusko Alkartasuna and Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, fully support the Roure report on improving judicial cooperation in criminal matters, particularly in the area of combating organised crime, the laundering of the proceeds from crime and financial crime. We also support the future establishment of a convention to help combat organised crime and money laundering, and the various measures proposed in order to achieve those purposes. The idea of creating an area of freedom, security and justice in Europe is, obviously, an aspiration that we share.
We feel that the strict limitation of the reasons for which the Member States may refuse to provide judicial cooperation solely to “essential interests,” thus excluding the notions of sovereignty, public order and national security in force up until now is a step forward, but is still inadequate. This is mainly because we still find it unacceptable for a State to be able to invoke a “general interest” in order to be able to deny judicial cooperation in criminal matters. This shows, once again, that the Member States have a long way to go in understanding the meaning of shared sovereignty. Moreover, I should point out, as a Member representing Basques and Catalans, that there continues to be an emphasis on cooperation between States, without taking into account that in the EU other police forces operate that are not State bodies.
This report and, in general, the area of freedom, safety and justice in Europe, is based on democracy and on the rule of law that should reign in the EU. Therefore, what most concerns me about the future of legal cooperation in the EU is that currently some States are proposing criminal reforms that are bordering on the violation of human rights. As you will be aware, the Spanish government has initiated a reform of criminal law to make sentences tougher for certain types of crimes. Specifically, this special legislation is considering sentences of up to ten years in prison for children of 14 years of age, not to mention other measures.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are convinced that Europe needs to construct the area of freedom, security and justice that we so often cite in our speeches. We will be the first to support it. However, I would like to draw your attention to the possible reforms of criminal law that could take place in various Member States such as Spain, for example, with the Partido Popular in power – which is taking advantage of a certain situation – because these reforms are still a concern for the Europe of freedom and democracy."@en1
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