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"Mr President, I must insist that the Commission give a full reply at the part-session in Strasbourg. I thank the Commissioner for his offer. Unfortunately, he cannot give us his response today but we must have a clear response.
I would like to say to the previous speaker that this is not a question of propaganda. What we are talking about here is Slovakia, a new Member State of the European Union, which, under the Copenhagen criteria, has exactly the same duties and rights as any other member.
Article 6(1) of the EU Treaty provides for democratic rights and fundamental freedoms. In Article 6(2), the European Union guarantees rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. In that Convention, we talk about equal access to the legal system and equal treatment in court. A military court does not consist of independent judges: it is appointed by the government and is in contradiction to the fundamental values of the European Treaty.
I therefore ask the Commissioner to answer two questions: first, are we right in saying that the police in Slovakia do not have the same access to a fair treatment in court as any other citizens in Slovakia? Second, am I right in saying that every Member State – including Slovakia – should fulfil the Copenhagen criteria and that the Slovak Government, in opposing a free trade union for the police, denying it the right to negotiate, to gather and to act, is acting in contravention of the Copenhagen criteria?
These are the two fundamental questions which I would like the Commissioner to answer clearly. I do not doubt that Slovakia and its government – in particular its government – have to respect these fundamental rights. That is why I fully agree with Mrs Beňová that this is a serious case and we need to have a serious and correct answer from the Commission so that the Slovakian people know that the European Union is on their side."@en1
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