Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-02-Speech-2-324"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sexual and reproductive health and rights2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020702.14.2-324"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-02-Speech-2-3252
lpv:speaker	lp:Regina Bastos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this own-initiative report commits various cardinal sins. The first of them concerns the principle of subsidiarity that underpins Community law. This motion for a resolution breaches this principle, which forces us not only to respect Members States’ exercising their autonomy in matters that fall within their competence but also to encourage them to do so and to exclude illegitimate interference in the internal jurisdiction of each State. The European Union must abstain from intervening in a matter that falls within the competence of the Member States. It is widely known and quite clear that this report addresses issues that do not fall within the scope of the European Union’s competences, and interferes particularly in policies of health and justice. Another of the cardinal sins concerns the serious fact that this proposal deliberately and flagrantly disregards the will of the citizens, expressed freely and democratically in the referenda on the decriminalisation of abortion held in some Members States, such as Portugal, for example. The aim of approving this proposal is to create a means of pressure once again to place the discussion on the voluntary termination of a pregnancy on the political agenda of some Members States. This will furthermore have the perverse consequence of creating suspicion amongst the citizens of Members States and also of the candidate countries, and this report is thereby doing a disservice to the European Union. The European Union is an original political model founded on cultural diversity and on respect for the historical and ethical heritage of each of the nations that it comprises. European integration must give priority to these values. Deepening the European spirit must involve respect for differences and for strengthening the principle that decisions must be taken at the closest possible level to the citizens of the Union. These two requirements are missing from the report that we are today debating. Consequently, for these reasons, we do not accept this proposal and have no alternative but to vote against it. I wish lastly to pay tribute to the commitment of Emilia Müller, the shadow rapporteur for this controversial report, who spared no effort to try to improve it."@en1

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