Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-03-Speech-2-155"
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In the past, countries did not extradite their own nationals. These days, the EU functions as a single state, with a number of guarantees in place to prevent people from being punished for something that is allowed in their own countries. Extraditions from the EU to other countries outside it go even further than that and are downright dangerous. This is certainly true for countries using a different penal system, such as the United States of America, where prisoners of war are locked up without any rights in camps that do not fall within the scope of American law and where the International Criminal Court is not recognised. It is a matter of some importance to us Europeans that capital punishment exists over there and that innocent suspects first need to admit their guilt before they can negotiate a reduction of their sentences. People living in Europe need to be protected from being subjected to that American system. Anyone who does not travel to that country of their own free will and on their own initiative must have the guarantee that nobody forces them to go there. This is why I reject the draft agreement on extradition and judicial cooperation, discussed in the Justice and Internal Affairs Council on 8 May. I support the rapporteur's attempts to at least take a stand against military courts of justice, against what is going on at Guantánamo, and against discrimination against European citizens, and I fully share his view that any future change to this agreement should not be made outside the normal, parliamentary procedure."@en1
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