Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-14-Speech-3-042"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070214.2.3-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-02-14-Speech-3-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-29--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-10-12--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-29--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2007-01-31--2007-06-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the work of this committee and the report by Mr Fava, regardless of the way each of the Member States is treated, raise, in my opinion, one or two fundamental issues. The first is whether, in fighting this phenomenon that is truly striking at our society, the phenomenon of terrorism, everything is permissible. What we need to know is whether we want to build a European Union that is a community of law, in which we draw up laws with the obligation to comply with them and in which human rights are respected and safeguarded, or whether we want to take the view, Mr President — and this is the second element — that this legal area and this area of values that we want to build must be and can be compatible with a friendly and balanced relationship with the United States, an active and positive partner of the European Union, within the context of the transatlantic relationship. The answer must be yes, because when tackling the phenomenon of terrorism, which threatens all of us equally, with the law on our side, the response must also come from all of us equally. I would like to make two comments, Mr President, with regard to Mr Fava’s report. In spite of the tireless work that he has done, many Members of this Parliament believe that the report does not add anything to other reports, such as that of the Council of Europe or certain information that has appeared in the press. One fundamental conclusion can be drawn. Despite the existence of a European Coordinator in the fight against terrorism, and of a High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the European Union does not have competences in this area, since they lie with the Member States. I believe that, in this field, the European Union must take a decisive and firm step in the right direction with a view to resolving these shortcomings. I shall end, Mr President, by saying that there are Members of this Parliament who by hitting — or believing they are hitting – the wall with a hammer, believe they are driving in nails. It is regrettable, Mr President, that people should take every possible opportunity to condemn the judicial limbo of Guantánamo — which we clearly do not like — while remaining ominously silent over the regime that is really harming Cuba, which is the Castro regime, a silence that demonstrates double standards and regrettable moral bankruptcy."@en1

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