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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Extraordinary European Council of 21 September 2001 in Brussels – Preparatory work for the European Council in Ghent2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011003.2.3-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-03-Speech-3-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Since the attacks of 11 September, the world has been on tenterhooks. People are shocked. They feel for the victims and those left behind, and their own sense of security has reached an all-time low. People expect their governments to guarantee their safety. They realise that this is not wholly possible but they are asking for efficient and conclusive action, and rightly so. Anyone who is responsible for security these days has a complex task to fulfil. The need for true, European integration and international coordination has been brought into focus more than ever, both in words and deeds. Mr President, I very much hope that you will be able to carry out your action plan of 21 September effectively, and that the Belgian Presidency will be able to take specific decisions in this connection. We have all asserted that the attacks were not so much directed at innocent victims as at the symbols of freedom, democracy and human rights, including the right to life. Nobody will deny that the European Parliament too is a symbol of these values. Of course, we do not want to proclaim ourselves as targets, nor do we want to spread panic, but many MEPs are worried, as already stated by group chairman, Mr Poettering. In Strasbourg, the entrances and the immediate surroundings of this building are under police surveillance. In Brussels, however, we are even denied the illusion of security. If, moreover, we infer from the words of the Belgian Minister for the Interior here that he sees no indication of a need for tighter security, then we have a real reason to worry. For terrorists do not give warnings, something which a Minister for the Interior should realise. That is why, Mr President-in-Office of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs, I would like to ask you to persuade your Minister for the Interior and the police in Belgium to think again. Not only in the interests of the safety of the MEPs of the 15 Member States, but also in the interests of their colleagues, their visitors, the safety of the city, which is the capital of Europe, and in the interest of the values for which we all stand."@en1

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