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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-09-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council meeting in Tampere (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990915.7.3-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-15-Speech-3-0642
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-neyra2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-03-07)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I hope that, following the declaration which the President-in-Office of the Council has made, this Tampere Summit may lead to a firm commitment of political will on the part of the Union, and that we will adopt a whole series of clear and necessary positions which will allow us to move forwards. I believe that this is what our citizens expect. They do not want to hear any more declarations, but they want us to take specific steps in order to allow progress in this direction. In attempting to do so, with regard to the area of freedom, I believe that there are two issues which warrant preferential treatment: the harmonisation of asylum procedures and illegal immigration. To these two matters we should add temporary protection, which is an issue with great currency given the recent Kosovo crisis, and the internal solidarity between Member States of the European Union. With regard to the area of security, I believe that it is reasonable to concentrate initially on those types of crime which are of a truly international nature. I refer to terrorism, drugs, organised crime and the trade in human beings. In my opinion, Madam President, the means which should be used are three in number: police co-operation – bearing in mind the progress that has been made through the Schengen Agreement – the prevention of crime and external relations, given that security in the Union cannot be isolated from security in the rest of Europe and throughout the world. The European Union must pay very special attention to the South, as well as to the countries adjacent to Russia. Lastly, with regard to the area of justice, our aim should be to do everything possible so that citizens have the sense of being, throughout Europe, within a framework of justice which is appropriate and within which their rights are protected in a similar way, not only with regard to criminals, but also with regard to the possible abuses of public power. The European judicial network is, undoubtedly, the least developed of the three areas we are dealing with and, in this sense, I believe that the creation of a stable unit, charged with giving continuity to legal co-operation and acting as the judicial counterpart of Europol, would be appropriate. I believe, finally, Madam President, that the objectives of the European Council meeting in Tampere are very ambitious, but I believe that by simply being ambitious in our efforts to turn this area of freedom, security and justice into reality, we will persuade the citizens of the European Union to see our work as an effective instrument with which to confront their problems."@en1

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