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"Mr President, in the near future, freedom, security and justice will be particularly crucial areas in view of the different approaches that the new and existing Member States have towards such problems. Obstacles will be placed in the way of real operational cooperation between law enforcement agencies at European level. A genuine and proper system is needed to defeat criminal organisations and gangs. Italian law, which is effectively abolishing international warrants, appears to have been deliberately made for the purpose of preventing those in power being asked questions they find embarrassing, such as the questionable use of tax havens, the unlawful export of capital and involvement in convenient off-shore companies.
As things stand, the European arrest warrant has not yet been ratified by my country. After a period of almost five years, the attempt to streamline the extradition procedures is a long way from achieving any tangible results. A closer understanding of the justice problem calls for a preliminary observation concerning the independence of the courts. In Italy, today, there is a desire to return to the legal and political culture of the Middle Ages, permanently overcome in the western world by the abolition of immunities and privileges, sanctioned in 1789 by the French States General. The separation of powers in the modern State has currently been thrown into question, first by common
laws, then by constitutional laws which people are attempting to pass off as common laws, which means they are not subject to qualified majorities and second readings. At the heart of this is the destabilising attempt to make the courts subservient to the executive, something we witness the Italian Government doing on a daily basis by means unworthy of a civil State.
Why am I making such serious allegations in the European Parliament? I believe that democracy cannot be exported but it is something that you can live and the more we live it together the stronger we make it. In order that my country may overcome this difficult time, all the European Institutions must keep a close watch over what is happening in Italy. What is happening may set a bad example that can so easily be exported elsewhere."@en1
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