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"We hear a lot about fundamental rights in this place. In England we had very good fundamental rights long before we joined the European Union. These were established over centuries under
the Bill of Rights, the presumption of innocence, trial by jury, and guilt proved beyond reasonable doubt, to name just a few. These safeguards are now being destroyed by the creation of the EU’s own system of criminal justice.
The European Arrest Warrant has been the cause of numerous cases of gross injustice, and these will continue to grow. Now we have the European Investigation Order, which will empower foreign police forces to require British police forces to carry out investigations on their behalf, which we will then have the privilege of paying for.
The coalition government has the option to opt out of the existing 135 EU criminal justice measures. Instead it has announced its decision to opt out of 100 but opt in to 35. The 100 they are opting out of are of no consequence, being purely rhetorical, redundant or superseded by later legislation. The 35 measures they are opting in to are the worst and most dangerous, including the European Arrest Warrant.
None of this is necessary, because there are already existing mutual assistance measures in place that allow police forces and judicial systems to cooperate with each other across national borders. This is not about cooperation. It is about harmonising our legal system in pursuit of the great ideological goal of a United States of Europe.
If David Cameron is serious about repatriating power from the EU, he has the golden opportunity to do so now. There is still time to change the decision and opt out of all these measures, thereby protecting the real interests and freedoms of the British people.
But I fear the Tories will do what they always do and sell their fellow countrymen down the river to the European Union."@en1
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