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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the informal European Council in Biarritz of 13/14 October/Charter of Fundamental Rights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001003.2.2-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-03-Speech-2-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (2000-07-03--2001-09-02)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, the questions which Mr Napolitano asked the Council and Commission on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs bear witness to a view of the Charter, which, unfortunately, our group is unable to share. It is quite unnecessary for this Charter to be established when it comes to stepping up the protection of fundamental rights in Europe. This is also the view of experts in the field of European constitutional law. If the Charter were to form part of the Treaties, this would be at the expense of the authority of the Council of Europe and of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. In the long term, this is almost bound to lead to a competitive battle and conflict of interests between the European Union and the Council of Europe. A legally binding Charter is not only unnecessary, it even threatens to harm the enforcement of the fundamental rights. In order to ensure that these fundamental rights in Europe are protected effectively, all that needs to happen, now and in future, is for the European Union to join the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. In this way, we will ensure that the EU institutions are actually monitored externally at the same time. We would therefore be in favour of the Member States discussing the European Union’s accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as one of the subjects within the framework of the IGC. Negotiations regarding the Charter could, as far as we are concerned, be scrapped. We are all the more convinced of this when we take a closer look at the text of the Charter, which stipulates that the Charter is only suited to function within one European state. As a Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities, we hope, however, that such a federal state will never see the light of day."@en1

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