Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-09-Speech-2-210"
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"en.20040309.6.2-210"2
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"Prior to the Swedish referendum on EU entry in 1994, all the parties working for EU membership stated that cohabitation issues, marriage legislation and abortion issues did not come within the competence of the EU. They promised to direct their efforts to ensuring that these issues remained areas in which strictly national legislation applied, without the involvement of the EU. We stand firm by that pledge to the Swedish electorate. We believe that national legislation is very much better in this area than common EU legislation.
We observe how other Swedish parties have abandoned that pledge and are ready to transfer these issues to EU level. Were that to happen, it would be to the detriment of Swedes and be in danger of conflicting with Swedish custom and tradition. There is no obvious need for coordination, and the best adjusted legislation will be achieved if the various national parliaments within the EU are allowed to design the legislation in this area.
EU aid policy too must respect individual countries’ legislation. We share the Swedish view of the right to abortion but, out of respect for third countries, we have voted against those parts of the Junker report that demand free abortion. The report also focuses helpfully upon the serious health problems present in the developing countries, where EU aid policy has an important role."@en1
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