Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-13-Speech-1-115"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Basic rights in the EU (2001)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030113.6.1-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-13-Speech-1-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Ewa Hedkvist Petersen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I want to begin by thanking my colleague, Mrs Swiebel for the sterling work she has done on this report. There is no doubt that we in the EU are well off when it comes to respect for freedoms and rights. That is precisely why we are having this debate, that is to say with a view to constantly improving the situation, retaining a high level of protection and openly debating the deficiencies that exist. It is an important issue that affects what is most basic to a properly functioning EU – mutual trust between the Member States. We are not perfect. Rights are infringed, and there are failures to respect fundamental freedoms and rights, and it is not just ‘everywhere else’ that these things happen. My own country, Sweden, has, for example, been singled out in connection with a high-profile death in which the actions of the police, prosecution service and coroner have been sharply criticised. I want to make it clear that the Swedish Government had been responding to the criticism for a long time and had instituted an inquiry that was completed last year. The perspectives from which the inquiry was conducted clearly included that of citizens’ rights. Another very important issue is that of the rights of European citizens in legal processes such as arrests. There are Member States in which people are held without trial for long periods; we must debate this issue. Our young people travel throughout Europe. No one on EU territory should need to feel anxious that their personal freedom may be infringed because of inefficiency at police stations and in prisons. We must therefore emphasise very clearly that all European citizens are guaranteed certain rights in legal processes in all the EU countries. I look forward to the Commission’s continued work on this issue and to its proposals. Trafficking in human beings, particularly women and children, is a fact in this EU of ours. The EU is in many cases the final destination for people who, in desperation and confusion, are taken away from their home countries. It is a modern slave trade, and we must ask ourselves how that trend can be stopped. I am concerned about the fact that many EU countries accept various forms of prostitution. It turns the EU into a favourable market for traffickers in human beings throughout the world. There is an unambiguous link between human trafficking and prostitution. They are two sides of the same coin. I should have liked to have seen the report be clearer on this point. We must make great demands of ourselves in the EU, now that we are making demands of the candidate countries."@en1

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