Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-22-Speech-2-257-000"
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"en.20120522.15.2-257-000"2
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"Criminal law remains, and should continue to remain, the domain of national governments, and not the European Union.
At the same time, we should be looking at steps for better cooperation between governments and police forces to tackle cross-border crime, including people trafficking, smuggling and terrorism. But it should be on the basis of cooperation and not coercion, and must respect the civil rights of citizens of EU countries.
In 2005, seven EU countries signed the Prüm Convention to share fingerprint, DNA and vehicle licence data, but under the German Presidency in 2008, these measures were subsumed into the police and judicial cooperation provisions of EU law. Unfortunately, the ever Euro-fanatical Labour government of the time in Britain signed up to these changes, It was this sleight of hand that makes me suspicious of any discussions on this subject at the EU level.
So, EU attempts to fight cross-border crime should be based on a respect for cooperation, a respect for civil liberties and a healthy respect for national sovereignty."@en1
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