Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-23-Speech-1-085"
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"en.20020923.6.1-085"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the exponential rise in crime, in which the European Union bears its share of responsibility, raises the problem of compensating victims. In France, for example, Jean-Marie Le Pen had proposed to place, from the outset, the scheme for victims of terrorism in the same category as the long-established scheme for victims of war.
The report by Mrs Angelilli mentions cases for damages filed by nationals of one Member State in the territory of another; cases for losses, the causes of which are found in events that occurred in a State other than the State of residence, as well as disparities between Member State legislation.
In this type of dispute, we are in favour of defining a minimum standard, or in favour of speeding up the ratification of the Strasbourg Convention of 24 November 1983. On the other hand, we have reservations regarding the creation of a new European body which is mentioned in Article 16(d) and Article 28. In addition to the problem of funding this body, it would not put an end to the disparities which could in future arise between the victims of cross-border crime – and who therefore benefit from the European funding – and those who continue to fall under a national scheme. The solution is to be found in adopting a single and simple European rule which could be, with regard to legal competence or applicable law, the law on the location of the crime, the
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