Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-06-08-Speech-3-631-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Arrest Warrant (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110608.25.3-631-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-06-08-Speech-3-632-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Agustín Díaz De Mera García Consuegra2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2009-09-09--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in my view, the arrest warrant is a fundamental tool in the fight against organised crime, terrorism and other forms of crime. It is a proven tool and, according to the Decision, the cornerstone of cooperation and the first concrete example of the principal of mutual recognition in the sphere of criminal law. Of course it is a very useful tool but we must not fail to mention that it also has weaknesses. The weaknesses are perfectly identified, as Commissioner Reding has also said, not only in the Commission’s report of April 2011, but also in its reports of 2005 and 2006. Those weaknesses, which stem fundamentally from two basic and essential premises, can and, naturally, must be corrected. The arrest warrant has two components: issue and refusal or surrender, as appropriate. The figures show that it is a useful tool, with 54 000 arrest warrants having been issued and 12 000 executed. Turning to the question of what corrections need to be made, what we need are greater and better procedural guarantees around issue, refusal and surrender. The issue of proportionality or the lack thereof in the use of the arrest warrant is critical, a key issue. For that reason, it gives me great pleasure to hear Commissioner Reding say that Member States will be required to exercise a proportionality test and to take care not to issue arrest warrants for minor offences. Incidentally, Mr President, during the course of these questions, one particular item has slipped in, namely, that every arrest warrant costs the Public Treasury EUR 25 000. This is something that was said by an Irish judge. I say to that judge that I do not believe it and that he should demonstrate on what basis such a calculation was made. Consequently, I believe that the arrest warrant should continue in force in revitalised form, with better procedural guarantees."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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