Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-14-Speech-2-021"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Charter of Fundamental Rights2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001114.2.2-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-14-Speech-2-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Jens-Peter Bonde2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2001-04-23)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; JuniBevægelsen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3
lpv:translated text	"Mrs President, you would not believe that Mr Dupuis and I were talking about the same text. Behind the vote on the Charter, there is an ill-concealed agenda to create the first part of a constitution for what might be called a United States of Europe. The Charter will not, of course, be written into the Treaty until after a special constitutional conference in 2004 but, as it receives the solemn signature of the Commission, the Council and Parliament, the European Court of Justice will already be acquiring a new source for its judgements, and the Court of Justice’s representative has, of course, already given notice that it will draw inspiration from the Charter. The Commission’s representative at the Turin Convention attaches judicial significance to the document. It is therefore absurd for the Danish Government to maintain that there is no trace of anything new in the Charter. In that case, what purpose is served by the text? Naturally, the Charter contains innovations in relation to existing law. For example, there is a ban on discrimination against national minorities, which is good, and there is new wording on positive discrimination in favour of the under-represented sex and new rules on cloning, the protection of personal data and the right of access to documents. The problem is not the content but the aim, which is to go one better than the national constitutions and the European Declaration of Human Rights. The European Court of Justice will become our new Supreme Court and constitutional court, including in all issues relating to fundamental and human rights, and it will also become the chief interpreter of the European Declaration of Human Rights. In the Convention, I tabled amendments to the effect that the Charter should conform to the national constitutional courts and the Court of Human Rights. The very fact that it was not possible to adopt these amendments witnesses to the aim of creating a constitution. Unfortunately, I must therefore vote against the Charter."@en1

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