Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-03-Speech-2-311"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Resettlement of Guantánamo prisoners - Alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090203.20.2-311"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-03-Speech-2-3122
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Tannock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the prison at Guantánamo Bay was a necessary creation of the United States at the time. Its closure is now a matter for the United States. I oppose EU Member States entangling themselves in the inevitable legal complications and the burden imposed on our security services of taking non-EU national prisoners previously designated as enemy combatants. I do not regret the detention of the most dangerous terrorists intent on destroying our way of life when they were proven to be so. However, one of Guantánamo’s major drawbacks was that it forestalled any regular criminal proceedings against those held there. Ultimately, regular criminal trials are the only way to resolve the status of Guantánamo prisoners who are non-EU nationals. Since the inmates of Guantánamo were captured by the United States, it is America’s responsibility to prosecute them in its own courts, or return them to their countries of origin if innocent. If President Obama is serious about closing Guantánamo, which I welcome, and about protecting America and its allies, this should be his policy."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2007-09-03--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-02-12--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2008-02-18--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2008-06-04--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2008-01-08--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Charles Tannock (PPE-DE )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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