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"Firstly, I would like to say that even though I was here for the Theato report I did not participate for exactly the same reasons as Mr Heaton-Harris. It is totally incorrect and wrong that we participate in those kind of votes.
Turning to the Watson report, we all agree on the need for cooperation and coordination in combating terrorism. However, I would like to speak with particular reference to the European arrest warrant. This represents a major interference and alteration of the national judicial systems and the criminal-law procedures within the Member States.
As well as overturning the civil rights protections which have been built up by precedent and, particularly in Britain and Ireland, under the common law system, it takes no account of the different legal systems within the Member States. Nor is any account taken of guaranteeing the right of appeal and right to judicial review at both the executing and issuing stage, nor any account of the rights of the individual concerned. It also fails to set up a mechanism to sort out difficulties and problems arising from a Member State's refusal to enforce the arrest warrant outside the specific areas that it excludes.
Finally, if this law or proposal was brought into any Member State or non-member country, Parliament would be the first to object and complain. Yet when a EU Member State re-introduces internment without trial and abolishes the right to judicial review, we remain silent and condone the kind of treatment that undermines civil liberties and totally ignores the European Convention on Human Rights. It is incorrect and it is wrong. Even though I voted in favour, I voted with grave and serious reservations."@en1
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