Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-01-17-Speech-4-120"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to express my full support for this report, the fruit of a lengthy and excellent job by our colleague Michael Cashman.
The European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia was transformed into an Agency tasked with safeguarding and promoting human rights, the Agency being officially established on 1 March 2007. Ever since then, we must acknowledge, it has been wholly non-operational owing to the lack of a director and a multiannual framework.
In response to this sluggishness and bureaucratic inefficiency, the rapporteur proposes amending the multiannual framework in a minimum number of areas. He urges the Commission and Council to speed up the process of selecting candidates for the post of director so as to facilitate a rapid agreement among the EU institutions, thereby reactivating this vital tool to safeguard citizens’ human rights.
I would call upon my fellow Members to support this report, since it represents an initial step towards making the Agency operational.
Support for EU human rights policies and their development cannot and must not be subject to considerations and delays of a political and economic nature."@en1
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