Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-19-Speech-3-138"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Area of Freedom, Security and Justice2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000119.6.3-138"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-19-Speech-3-1392
lpv:speaker	lp:Ole Krarup2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PETI (1999-10-08--2001-09-09)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-12-10)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkebevægelsen mod EU (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"The two identical-sounding questions which are under discussion are, of course, underpinned by a mantra of the kind which, in recent years, has increasingly transformed politics into a type of ideology – fine-sounding, but pernicious. And our current EU mantra is AFSJ: Area for Freedom, Security and Justice. Behind this lies another ambition on the part of the Commission and of the Council and of the overwhelming majority of this House, namely to introduce such an area. And who is not in favour of security, freedom and justice? The problem is just that this is not something the EU can introduce by means of legislative decrees and other supranational resolutions. Freedom, security and justice are the root system of any society, reflecting its history, corporate experience and political development. A system of this kind is not something the EU can introduce without society’s sustaining damage as a result. But it is precisely here that we find the real rationale behind the mantra concerning security, freedom and justice. The agenda is not designed to secure justice for the citizen. That is already secured by means of the various national legal systems. The agenda is designed to transfer vital parts of society’s criminal law, policy on crime and administration of justice to the EU’s control. It is concerned with increased integration which, as part of a duplicitous package, involves increased repression and control. You just have to think of all the resolutions concerning Fort Europa, Schengen, Eurodac etc. Any democrat can spot two key problems. First of all, the initiatives which have been planned are completely unrealistic. How is it envisaged that the EU’s institutions, which are already stretched well beyond their capacity, can bring the ambitious projects concerned to fruition? Think of last year’s deadly criticism of the Commission’s lack of propriety, ethics and accountability. It also, of course, finds indirect expression in the question. But, secondly, the projects will put a strain on, indeed will be injurious to, the national democracies. As long as the EU revolved around the internal market, only the body was being attacked. Now, it is the soul."@en1

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