Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-13-Speech-2-052"
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"Mr President, I should like to congratulate our rapporteur on taking this important issue forward and also to congratulate the Commission on a very good consultation document on contract law. We have made a good start in what is a very politically sensitive area. Although we might see the practical arguments for moving forward because of the advent of the euro and because of e-commerce, we have to ensure that our citizens are also comfortable with this.
Every time we talk about approximation of core civil law subjects, I see scare stories in the English press that English common law is about to be replaced by the
complete with a small picture of Napoleon. Last week English contract law was supposed to be under threat. However misguided some of this comment might be, we have to respect the concerns and deal with them. The process outlined in this report will allow us to do so. The Commission has made some very pragmatic suggestions about contract law, which I hope the Council will act on. It was, after all, the Council that brought forward this idea of convergence in the Tampere agenda. We must insist that the area of freedom and justice referred to there is as much about civil law as about criminal law.
The Tampere conclusions foresaw convergence in civil law. Convergence is a long process, not an abrupt event. It is not about imposing a European civil code. It is about channelling and guiding developments in Community law to give us a more coherent and less piecemeal approach, ultimately allowing more knowledge of the law and greater access to justice across Europe's internal market.
In considering these matters, we would do much better to concentrate on what draws us together in Europe's common legal heritage. All our legal traditions owe something to the early modern fusion of feudal, Roman and canon law called
We now have the chance to guide and structure the modern reconvergence of our legal systems. We should welcome that opportunity."@en1
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"ius commune."1
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