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"Mr President, honourable Members, I would first like to express my very sincere thanks for the effort which has been put into drafting the proposal for a directive on combating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. I would like in particular to thank the Hungarian Presidency, which in its negotiations with the European Parliament was able to forge a valuable compromise. I would also like to extend very warm thanks to the European Commission, and would like to give my particular thanks here to the Commissioner, Ms Malmström. It is appropriate that I also offer particular thanks here to Ms Angelilli, who acted as rapporteur for this report. Her commitment to children is widely known, and the best confirmation of this is the fact that she serves as European Parliament Mediator for International Parental Child Abduction. It is important that we have been able to make use of her experience in these difficult negotiations.
I am pleased that the Union is not falling behind developments in a changing world. It is keeping pace with threats related to the development of the modern world, threats concerning a particular kind of victim, because the defenceless child is always a specific kind of victim. We have tried to achieve solutions which are as comprehensive as possible in the directive, and it has also been possible to establish principles relating to the special treatment in criminal proceedings of persons under the age of 18 years who have been the victims of sexually-motivated crimes. On the other hand, we are introducing measures intended to reduce recidivism by creating mechanisms for working with persons who have a propensity to commit sexually-related crimes. We would not want a situation in which moving to another country could mean a lower risk of punishment for those who have committed crimes of this nature. Therefore it should be greatly appreciated that the report provides for a ban on offenders working with children which also applies if an offender moves to a different Member State.
I am extremely pleased by the fact that it has been possible to resolve the technical issue concerning correlation tables. We do not want such technical details to slow down much-needed action in an area where there was complete consensus. The route to adopting this instrument at first reading is now open. I hope the compromise which has been worked out will allow the rapid adoption of this directive. Once again I would like to express very warm thanks to all Members of the House who helped arrive at this solution, to the representatives of the Hungarian Presidency who worked on this before us and to the Commissioner, who is with us in the Chamber."@en1
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