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"Mr President, I would, first of all, like to thank Ms Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Ms Parvanova, who have joined forces to lay down a new European directive which will really change criminal proceedings in Europe.
I have had to pay a lot of thought to, and have had to get used to, the idea that our administration of justice is going to change by strengthening the position of victims. But I have got used to this idea and I actually find it appealing. It is crucial for the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance that, in this new law for victims, we are not going to distinguish between people who have legal status and people who do not. For example, if you are a victim of trafficking and if you find yourself in the European Union without documents, this directive should ensure that you can report to the police and that you will receive guidance in your criminal proceedings. That, as a result of the directive, you can be taken care of, that you have access to an interpreter, that you receive medical care and psychological assistance – we find that crucial.
However, this will lead – and this enhanced European cooperation in the field of law is also showing us this – to a shortage of legal aid. This really calls for European rules on legal aid, because getting your rights recognised on paper is something different to being proved right in court. Victims will experience that and suspects are already experiencing it. So this directive is insufficient without minimum standards for legal aid in the European Union."@en1
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