Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-08-Speech-2-288"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Europol2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030408.8.2-288"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-08-Speech-2-2892
lpv:speaker	lp:Ole Krarup2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2003-02-24--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Folkebevægelsen mod EU (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-09-09--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is no reason to doubt the good democratic and legal policy aspects that are behind these reports and, in particular, the recommendation on the future development of Europol. I would, however, question both the realism of the proposal and its political wisdom. Since the proposal’s ambitions cannot be realised on the basis of the existing treaties, those tabling the proposal have taken their arguments from the expectations of the European Convention, the aim of which is clearly – as has been said several times – to transfer these topics from the intergovernmental pillar 3 to supranational regulation. A supranational Europol is nothing less than a federal police force. It is both an objective of, and a means of establishing, a European federal state. The logic behind Europol is a lesson in EU integration. Random parts of the regulation that until now has been the responsibility of the national states are removed. Nations are forced to lift national border controls. Free movement opens up the borders to the best-functioning part of the internal market, namely cross-border crime. Consequently, Europol is created. In short: the federal state is built up by knocking down the national state. Without, as mentioned previously, doubting the good intentions behind it, as a Scandinavian I am convinced that the rights of control that we have over our Danish police – and which are far from satisfactory – do however serve democracy and the rule of law far more securely than any supranational system. The existing control arrangements with regard to data protection that it is proposed be continued are a parody of the rule of law. As a Northerner, I say that we can do better ourselves, at least while we have not yet squandered the whole of our heritage in terms of legal culture."@en1

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