Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-03-Speech-2-050"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-USA judicial cooperation agreements2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030603.2.2-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-03-Speech-2-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Hernández Mollar report provides an excellent commentary on the content of the extradition and readmission agreements between the US and the EU. The report rightly supports the two agreements, but the tone of the resolution with regard to the United States is too critical. It is true that the legal systems of the EU Member States and the US are different, but the US, too, is a democratic nation that safeguards human rights. The sense of moral superiority exuded by the resolution and this debate, too, is therefore inappropriate. Finally, I should like to say a few words about democratic scrutiny, another target of criticism in the resolution. The agreements have to be approved by all the national parliaments before they can be ratified. If, say, their content contravenes the existing bilateral treaties between individual Member States and the US or the human rights conventions, I am confident that the national parliaments will be capable of exercising their democratic rights. There certainly will be scrutiny, therefore."@en1

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