Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-09-Speech-1-034"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040209.3.1-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-09-Speech-1-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2003-04-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, what I have to say has to do with the safety of MEPs and the measures taken by Parliament to that end. On 19 January, I left the Parliament building in Brussels around 8 p.m. by the exit onto the Wiertzstraat, going towards the rue de Wavre. Barely 100 metres from the Parliament building, having halted at a red light, I heard an enormous bang and the passenger-side window of my car was smashed in. My handbag, which had been on the floor, was snatched. I can assure you that a lady’s handbag contains everything imaginable – cards, passport, and so on. Such a thing can of course happen anywhere, but I find it an extraordinarily serious matter that it should happen so close to the Parliament building. What I find incomprehensible is that this happens time and time again; I could name more than one other Dutch lady MEP to whom it has happened. I came back to the Parliament building, where I had a very kind reception; about that I have no complaints. The security guards came when called but – you are probably not aware of this – I could not make a phone call outside Belgium. I could not, therefore, make a call to block my credit cards, and I think that you will understand why that was my first concern. The police were then called and I was able to go with them to the police station, albeit only by following them in my damaged car. I managed to get to the police station, where there was an officer who spoke Flemish, but not the sort that has any similarity with Dutch. He was a kind man, and there was nothing wrong with him, but it all got very involved. As I of course had nothing left on me – no money, no driving licence – I was told that I would be given an escort to but that was not forthcoming. It was at around midnight that I got to my hotel, where I was dealt with more efficiently. I have sustained enormous loss, and I now want to ask you to ensure first of all that, in any such situation an international call can be made from the exits to the Parliament building if an MEP wishes to do so, and that assistance is available in getting to the police station, for I could have been a Dane with absolutely no knowledge of Dutch or a citizen of any other country. It would of course also be very useful if money were available to make it possible to take a taxi. Moreover, I think it is of the utmost importance that there should be better security protection for MEPs. As I have just said, the loss is enormous. I will not say how much is involved, but I expect Parliament to see to it that I am fully reimbursed."@en1
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