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dcterms:Date	"2011-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Eavesdropping scandal in Bulgaria (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110215.32.2-675-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-02-15-Speech-2-676-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Diana Wallis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, thank you, Commissioner, for your very careful statement. Those in this Parliament who know me and know the 12 years I have spent here will know that I intervene in such debates with a great reticence. But over a year ago, as a Vice-President of this Parliament, I was asked to visit Bulgaria to speak about the Stockholm Programme for Justice. It is clear that our programme for justice has moved from an emphasis on security to an emphasis on justice, and all of us in our Member States have to get that balance right. I remember from my visit to Bulgaria the great interest of Bulgarian judges in what we are doing and want to pursue at Union level. But I was surprised last week to receive a visitor in my office in Brussels who spoke about people in Bulgaria receiving visits from the secret service in their homes at night. This is something that is totally alien to me and I find it very difficult to understand and to stand here saying this. That said, it seems to me, as Mr Swoboda has already said, that the current legislation that exists on phone tapping – let us call it what it is – appears to be correct. Where there was formerly scrutiny by an independent body, there is now scrutiny by a parliamentary body. Has that led to a lessening of the regard for rights? There does seem to be an increase in the numbers and an increase in the numbers seems to indicate, and I underline ‘seems’, that there is an easier or a quicker granting by judges of this possibility. Part of the reason I want to speak is a linked matter which relates to the citizen’s initiative. It appears that people feel that they are being pressurised to withdraw signatures. We have to implement the European Citizens’ Initiative over the course of the next year. I would ask the Commission to watch this space very carefully."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2012-01-31)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2012-01-31)3,3 member; Parliament's Bureau (2009-07-14--2012-01-16)3,3 vice-president; European Parliament (2009-07-14--2012-01-16)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-01-31)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2012-01-31)3,3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 member; JURI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2009-07-14--2012-01-31)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Diana Wallis,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group."1
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