Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-29-Speech-4-166"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011129.2.4-166"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-29-Speech-4-1672
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2001-09-10--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". I welcome the establishment of Eurojust and, with it, the possible cooperation between public prosecutors from the various Member States. Although the brief, at first sight, remains limited to coordination and assistance, Eurojust can also request inquiries or institute proceedings. Consequently, I am concerned that in the long term, Eurojust might develop into a European Public Prosecution Office with a general brief. Indeed, a European public prosecutor with responsibility for financial matters could be very useful, for he could sufficiently protect the Community’s financial interests. This would then be a European Public Prosecution Office with a limited brief. A criminal law system at EU level is, certainly at the moment, both undesirable and unrealistic. National criminal law is closely linked to the national sovereignty of the Member States and must be embedded in a democratic legal system with sufficient scope for supervision. I am, therefore, not in favour of a general European Public Prosecution Office. Furthermore, only a national Public Prosecution Office can take sufficient account of the cultural aspects of national criminal law. The decision to prosecute must, therefore, be taken at the level of the individual Member States. The Dutch Minister for Justice, Mr Korthals, has assured the Dutch Parliament that Eurojust will not develop into a European Public Prosecution Office. If the ambition was ever to set up a European Public Prosecution Office, then Eurojust would not be the right route to take. With this reservation, we, as the Christian Union – Calvinist Political Party Group, have decided to vote in favour of the present proposal."@en1

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