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We are now hearing the final echo of the observations that were made yesterday about the Turco and von Boetticher reports. In fact, this proposal for a recommendation is a consequence of the rejection of the Danish and Greek initiatives and is the corollary to the purely imaginary exercise and the game of make-believe that both rapporteurs have been peddling. It is worth pointing out why they considered these initiatives to be misguided, and this is because, for example, they think it would be a mistake to adopt amendments to the Europol Convention ‘prior to the ratification of the European Constitution’! They are consequently now proposing that this area, which falls under the second pillar, should be transferred to the sphere of Community competence, or the first pillar, thereby ‘communitarising’ it. Now, the European Parliament is not the Convention, it is not the IGC and this is not therefore what we should be doing if we wish to work seriously, with the welfare of our citizens in mind.
As I stated in my explanations of vote on those reports, it is possible and necessary to move ahead within the current legal framework – which was the intention of the four initiatives of the Danish and Greek Presidencies. This is the sphere in which we should participate responsibly, sticking, incidentally, to the approach of taking small steps. This is the method with which we have successfully achieved European integration.
To be consistent, therefore, I have voted against the recommendation."@en1
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