Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-25-Speech-2-307"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fight against organised crime2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051025.23.2-307"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-25-Speech-2-3082
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander Stubb2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I must say to my good friend Mr Newton Dunn that it always makes me happy when someone writes a report on a subject about which he has a fetish. He has written a book on the ‘European FBI’. So I am quite glad to see that the rapporteur actually knows his stuff. In general terms I, like my group, represented by Mr Weber, support both the approach of the Commission and that of the rapporteur. I like the way in which the report starts in a dramatic way. For people sitting up here, they should know that if organised crime were a state, it would be the fourth biggest economy in the world. That says quite a lot about the money involved. I also like the ambitious goals of the report. It is one of the key areas, as the rapporteur said, an area where we really have added value from the European side. It is also an area where the Member States cannot do it alone; we need to do it together. There is one ‘group’ that I would like to give some encouragement to: the interior ministries of Member States. They are very conservative on these matters. Specifically, I like Mr Newton Dunn’s Amendment 39, where he calls for Member States to collect statistics on organised crime. The only sad thing is that we have not done that already. We should have done it a long time ago. With regard to Mr Newton Dunn’s Amendments 15 and 29, which deal with the confiscation of funds and goods which have been gathered illegally, I fully agree: those assets need to be taken away. Taking into consideration those three points, I would like to support the Commission and the rapporteur."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2008-04-03)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFET (2005-01-13--2007-01-14)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (2004-07-20--2008-04-03)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alexander Stubb (PPE-DE )."1

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