Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-03-Speech-2-051"

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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.20030603.2.2-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-03-Speech-2-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Joke Swiebel2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the present text of the resolution leaves nothing to be desired as regards clarity. The European Parliament’s message is: the draft agreements must not be concluded unless the Council removes some fundamental objections on the part of Parliament. I continue to hope that the Presidency will duly take these objections into account, as, after all, it is obliged to do on the basis of the European Convention. It is the first time that the EU as such is concluding an agreement with a third country regarding judicial cooperation in criminal matters, but it is setting a bad example. In future, the Council should involve the elected representative bodies of the Member States and the European Parliament in the negotiations at an earlier stage. The texts of the draft agreements have been kept secret for too long. That is inadmissible, especially as fundamental civil rights seem to be squandered under the pretext of the United States’s fight against crime. Stating this fact has nothing to do with a sense of moral superiority or anti-American sentiment. The administration of justice in the United States does not provide sufficient guarantees for the rights of suspects. The negotiated procedures common in criminal proceedings mean that it is not precluded that suspects may be convicted although innocent, or convicted on insufficient evidence. This situation is exacerbated by the new legislation and practices in the United States since 11 September. If the European Union wishes to take its own legal protection seriously, it must only conclude the two agreements with the United States once the guarantees called for by the vast majority in Parliament have been incorporated into them. The Council has to redo its homework, and it is an illustration of the weakness of the democratic system in Europe that the Council has up to now been able to take the liberty of ignoring the views of the elected representative body – but of course we are not stupid."@en1

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