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"Mr President, at present, the Netherlands is in despair, because we are more than ever compelled to reconsider the questions, not only of the balance between freedom and tolerance, but also of how to set boundaries in order to guarantee safety. I wholly concur with Mr Blokland’s congratulations addressed to Prime Minister Balkenende on the way in which he is taking charge, and giving direction in channelling the feeling of our population towards a more tolerant society in which people respect one another. Respect for those values is also something which we in this House will need to defend at all times. Tolerance, however, goes hand in hand with setting and demarcating boundaries. I welcome the way in which the Hague agenda is building on Tampere. My congratulations on the way in which agreement has been reached. I do share the views of Mr Oreja, who stated a moment ago that what matters now is to take concrete action, and to give priorities to concrete action points in the short term. The President of the Council may be able to elaborate on this. I would in any case like to mention one of my personal priorities, one I have mentioned before. It is unacceptable to me that, following the attacks in New York and Madrid, we hear the Justice and Home Affairs Council say that we will now automatically start exchanging information about possible attacks without delay. It is inconceivable that this has not happened to date, that the urgency has sunk to that level again, while we noticed once again that there may be international links in the case of the political assassination and subsequent events in the Netherlands.
I would also like to make a brief comment about the Lisbon strategy. It is the only way, according to Mr Balkenende, and he is right. It is the only way, and we will need to continue on this path. What matters is the way in which we negotiate it. Not with the ‘super-Commissioner’, as proposed in the past by Chancellor Schröder of Germany, but by learning from each other. Does he think it possible that innovation councils chaired by himself would make for a more effective way of exchanging good examples? Does he also think it possible that national parliaments might be called to account much more emphatically with regard to delivering on their share in responsibility for this?
Finally, communication in Europe is also an important item. Indeed, Mr Balkenende, it is essential that the statute should come into being, for as long as we do not have one, we will have a negative image at every election. I thank you. I am interested to see how far you will take this point."@en1
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