Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-23-Speech-1-087"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Compensation to crime victims2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020923.6.1-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-23-Speech-1-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Michael Cashman2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to begin by congratulating Mr Santini, who I have been shadowing on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists. It is a very good report. However, we have done ourselves some damage. As has been referred to, this will not be viewed easily or lightly accepted by the Council because we have wrongly broadened the scope. I agree absolutely with the principles within Mr Santini's report, but we have to be realistic on a consultation process on how to achieve those principles. This is particularly about cross-border disputes. If we make it include internal disputes, we create a great deal of problems not only for the Community but also for those Member States that will have to face the potentially huge legal bills that will follow. That is why I will recommend to the Socialist Group that we support the amendment by Baroness Ludford which reintroduces the notion that this refers specifically to cross-border disputes. I welcome the fact that the Brussels 1 Regulation will apply to these disputes on the mutual enforcement of civil law decisions. Equally, I accept that it should not cover proceedings relating to tax, customs or administrative matters. However, I should introduce one correction. It may have been a linguistic matter, but Mr Santini said that citizens will be judged irrespective of their financial positions. This is not true because there is an upper limit set within the directive. I welcome that the victims of crime will be guaranteed legal aid in order to get compensation. We agree that legal aid should cover both pre-litigation advice and representation in court. We also back the proposal to include within the scheme mechanisms for resolving disputes outside the courts. I will finish as I began by congratulating Mr Santini but by expressing regret that, by broadening the scope and going far beyond that which we can achieve in the House, we are actually urging the Council not to accept our recommendations."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Cashman (PSE )."1

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