Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-12-Speech-1-081"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Europol – joint investigation teams2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011112.7.1-081"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-12-Speech-1-0822
lpv:speaker	lp:Patsy Sörensen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Anders gaan arbeiden, leven en vrijen (1999-07-20--2004-01-07)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, our group backs the report by Mr Kirkhope and certainly the words he has spoken this evening. I believe that the joint investigation teams are a positive step in the fight against all kinds of organised crime. First of all, in connection with the Turco report, which specifically deals with the two aspects of Europol’s scope, extending the mandate appears to be a rather pointless exercise if Europol is unable to carry out the mandate properly. After all, Europol’s usefulness has so far proved very limited in practice. Moreover, Europol does indeed work with police and court information but is not involved in any way in the internal security service in practice. This creates an imbalance and repressive action after the events without sufficient preventive action. Secondly, with regard to the databases, the call for a decentralised system is justified on account of manageability. It would therefore be a big step forward if every Member State were to develop such a database. These initiatives are therefore to be welcomed, but the same cracks seem to be appearing again. On the one hand, we are relying too heavily on the benevolence, or lack thereof, of the Member States, while on the other hand, there appears to be an evident lack of confidence in democracy, notably parliamentary supervision of this highly important area of policy. If we are truly concerned about the protection of civil rights and the maintenance of democracy, we must, without delay, build an adequate system based on criminal law that can meet the challenges we are now facing, and invest in a powerful preventive policy. Internal security services, in particular, have an important role to play here. The cooperation between the internal security services and the judicial services, in other words, between preventive and repressive action, must be better coordinated as a matter of urgency, with the emphasis placed firmly on the prevention of serious crimes."@en1

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