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Mr President, Commissioner, I would like firstly to acknowledge the work of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, as well as the experts who came to the public hearing that we held, because their contributions have provided us with extremely valuable knowledge with a view to tackling the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency in Europe. I would also like to congratulate Mrs Batzeli on this report and the honourable Members for their efforts and their work.
The increase in juvenile delinquency in Europe is a phenomenon that we cannot ignore, however. The minors committing crimes are becoming younger and younger, and that is extremely worrying. It is therefore necessary for the European Parliament to call upon the Member States to share their experiences and provide solutions in order to curb this phenomenon.
To this end, it is also important not just to create a coherent and effective strategy but also to take account of the specific role played by the family, teachers and society in general in forming the values of young people. I would like in particular to stress the role that we politicians must play in this field and I therefore welcome the initiative carried out in La Rioja, where the figure of the extracurricular coordinator was created, someone close to the young people who shares their leisure time outside of the classroom and who promotes their development and their social integration. Now we can enhance that initiative by means of more ambitious programmes, such as those explained by the Commissioner.
But when we talk about juvenile violence, we cannot forget social reality. Ladies and gentlemen, on 17 May 2003, Sandra Palo, a young Spaniard of 22 years old with mental disabilities, was kidnapped, raped, run over several times and burnt alive by four youths aged between 14 and 18 years old. Having spent four years in a youth detention centre, one of them will be released shortly.
Ladies and gentlemen, freedom brings with it responsibilities and our societies, which are free, must be responsible. If we want to prevent cases such as that of Sandra Palo from happening again, we must avoid any message that creates a sense of impunity amongst young people and adopt effective measures that restore the citizens’ confidence in the system."@en1
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