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"Mr President, I should like to thank the Commissioner for his attendance at such a late hour.
We have heard a reference to abduction, but of course abduction takes many forms and can be subtle. Mrs Banotti has raised the issue of a constituent of mine, Mr Guy Foster; and allow me to summarise the case because it concerns real human lives.
Mr Foster has been denied access to his child ever since his German wife returned to Germany with the child following their divorce. The agreement was for the mother to have the right of abode over the son and for Mr Foster to have full visiting rights. However, once in Germany, the mother neglected the child and spent time in psychiatric care, and the child was subsequently placed in the care of its maternal grandmother.
Despite Mr Foster's persistent attempts to contact his son, he has been cut off from him ever since, unable to speak with or visit him because the mother and maternal grandparents have withheld information. A court made a decision on this case, but he was given information about the court appearance after the date. Documents were served in a foreign language. The handing over of care to the grandmother was thus allowed to proceed without Mr Foster being able to represent his views. I believe he has been denied and is still being denied the fundamental right to see this child and has been denied access to justice. This is surely wrong in the eyes of those of us who believe that we should always serve the best long-term interests of the child.
Mrs Gebhardt referred to two key words: help and enable. We are fifteen different Member States with different languages and different cultures, but we must never use language as a means of excluding people from the debate or denying them their rights. Therefore, I urge the Commission to take action, to be imaginative at Community level and at Member State level to ensure mutual recognition and judicial cooperation, and to put an end to these tragic human cases, which have consequences beyond our own time."@en1
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