Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-16-Speech-5-044"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000616.3.5-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-16-Speech-5-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Bert Doorn2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is evident from the evaluation of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction that we need to make drastic changes to the job responsibilities. The Monitoring Centre must start functioning better, but it must also be managed effectively. If we are to be well-equipped in the fight against the drugs problem, then it is absolutely essential to extend competences and step up cooperation with candidate countries. The rapporteur has done some sterling work, for which I thank him. I support the amendments. There are two comments I would like to make. My first point concerns the gathering of data, which is still a weak aspect. How can we monitor the accuracy of the data? What guarantee is there that the Member States will give their full cooperation? It transpired recently in my own country, for example, that the judicial authorities had estimated there to be 50% fewer so-called coffee shops than is actually the case. How, I find myself wondering, can you take a pro-active stance against drugs on the basis of this kind of information? Would cooperation with Europol – something Mrs Banotti has already touched on – offer a solution here? A second point, Mr President, which I would like to draw your attention to, is that of synthetic drugs. Apparently harmless, but all the more dangerous for that reason, than any other drugs. My country, the Netherlands, has the dubious honour of being the largest manufacturer and exporter of these drugs. I am aware that an ever-increasing number of these designer drugs are now emanating from Eastern Europe and Turkey as well. Therefore I am calling for us to step up cooperation with Eastern Europe, with the candidate countries, in this respect too, and to make the fight against these drugs the new spearhead of the European anti-drugs policy."@en1

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