Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-02-Speech-1-045"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Better legal protection for accident victims2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010702.5.1-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-02-Speech-1-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Diana Wallis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, firstly I want to make it absolutely clear that I have every sympathy with what our rapporteur wishes to achieve in taking forward this proposal. As we have often noted before, motor vehicle accidents unfortunately touch the lives of far too many of our citizens as mobility across Europe grows. The Fourth Directive made great strides in dealing with these problems. However, I want to concentrate on the fact that the proposal "requires" Member States to implement in their national law the provisions relating to an improved compensation procedure. In essence, we have created a preferential system for European motor accident claims and therefore, logically, it makes sense to give those who experience an accident in a purely national context the same advantages. Logically, yes, but does this way forward respect subsidiarity? I am afraid not and this is an important point. I have therefore retabled an amendment to make this merely a recommendation to Member States. The point is that the issues raised here are a matter for national private civil law. It would involve substantial changes in tort law in England and Wales, for example. We would be putting motor vehicle accident victims in a class apart. What about the victims of medical negligence, industrial injury or any other type of claim against insurers? At present our committee is looking carefully at the harmonisation of civil law. In that respect we have been rightly critical of a piecemeal approach, improperly researched. I merely wish to make the point today that this proposal does, and must, involve a much bigger debate with tremendous implications for our respective systems of civil law. It deserves proper and transparent treatment."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2003-03-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Wallis (ELDR )."1

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