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"Mr President, criminality is becoming increasingly international. The only way in which we can fight this tendency is for the police and the prosecuting authorities to also work more at an international level and to cooperate.
All police work involves violating the integrity of those who are suspected of a crime. This is true both at national and at international level. It applies to people who are sought by the authorities. In order to be able to conduct a debate on the matter, it is important that we have the right basis. This applies, for example, to that which Mr Gahrton mentioned – namely the SIS system, which is there for wanted persons. Mr Gahrton said that the international SIS system charts people’s sexual orientation. This is incorrect! There is no such or similar sensitive information in the system. It contains information on persons who are wanted, whether they are armed, their descriptions and other things such as information on stolen vehicles. There is thus no such sensitive information and it is an incredibly important instrument if we are to be able to combat international criminality.
There are a number of individual crimes that cannot be controlled unless we do so internationally, such as human trafficking, financial crime, IT crime or, as Mr Pirker mentioned, drugs crime. The only people who are served by having no international cooperation are the criminals.
As regards the matter addressed by Mr Pirker – drugs criminality – I agree that it is very important to have real action, that we go further than just spouting fine words without actually doing anything. Two incredibly important means of achieving this have been addressed today, i.e. the development of Europol and being able to establish international cooperation through Eurojust as quickly as possible.
I would also like to point to the work that is in progress for arriving at a solution in respect of synthetic drugs. I know that Mrs Cederschiöld has fought very hard on this matter, and hopefully we can reach some kind of political agreement in May.
Mr Watson and Mrs Terón i Cusí, amongst others, have taken up the issue of how we can become more effective, which is, of course, important. It is important for instance when the proposals are put forward by the Member States and initiatives are taken on various matters. It is important that this is done in the right way and that we do not concentrate on short-term successes, for example at domestic level. It is in everyone’s interest for the cooperation to work and be effective. Everyone stands to gain, including from the domestic point of view, if it works as it should.
The same applies to the cooperation between the Member States, the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission. If this does not work it will create a negative impression. Our citizens will lose confidence in us and without the confidence of our citizens the EU will have no foundation, as a result of which the EU would not work either. Consequently it is important that this very constructive and important debate continues in the same way as it has done today. Finally, I would like to thank you all once again for this and for allowing me to come here."@en1
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