Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-15-Speech-3-019"
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"Mr President, the image of children running away from an explosion, only to be shot in the back, is too repugnant for words. Above all, our feelings of sympathy are for the victims, those left behind and the whole of Russian society. Different though our opinions may be about a conflict such as that in Chechnya, there can never be any justification for atrocities of this kind, nor should anyone attempt to find one. We as politicians owe it to the public to make every effort to prevent this from happening again. It is ever more frequently apparent that terror knows no boundaries and is a threat to every open society. In addressing this terror, we in the European Union will therefore, more than ever, need to join forces with countries such as the United States and Russia, while, within the Union too, we have an awful lot to learn in this area of cooperation. Many plans have been forged under the guidance of EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Mr de Vries, during this and the previous presidency, but it is just as important to monitor the implementation of plans that have already been adopted. In the extra Justice and Home Affairs Council in the wake of the attacks in New York of September 2001, it was agreed that, from now on, all relevant information about terrorist threats would be exchanged within the EU. A few days before the attacks in Madrid, it transpired that this exchange is still very inadequate. We can no longer afford this. Have fine words meanwhile been translated into action? In fact, the need for identical implementation also applies to terrorist organisations that have been included on the European list. Indeed, in our Union, which lacks internal borders, these organisations are banned in some countries, but not in many others. The discussion about an effective and identical implementation of the plans should be held at a higher level, and it would be useful if the coordinator, Mr de Vries, were to send his progress reports directly to this House too. After all, we show no real understanding for, and sympathy with, the victims of New York, Madrid and Beslan, unless ambitious words are turned into concrete action."@en1
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