Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-02-14-Speech-3-028"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Transportation and illegal detention of prisoners (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070214.2.3-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-02-14-Speech-3-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Hartmut Nassauer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, if we are to succeed in fighting terrorism – one of the most menacing threats that civilised humanity faces – we have to fight it together, and fighting terrorism will necessarily involve the use of our secret services. The war on terrorism will, though, be won only if we maintain the standards associated with the rule of law and not lay them aside for the duration of the campaign. That much has to be clear. Accusations have been made – which will have to be examined and investigated, and there will have to be consequences resulting from them – of the transportation of prisoners, their torture, and of the use of secret prisons. Of that there is no doubt, and the relevant public prosecutors have already started to take action, but what contribution does this report make to this? From the legal point of view, it is a collection of suspicions, with such phrases as: ‘the grave suspicion’, ‘the Committee is outraged’, ‘demands the disclosure of interview records’, ‘deplores the director of Europol’s refusal to appear’ – something that, incidentally, that person strongly disputes – ‘thinks it very probable that…’ and so on and so forth. This is not enough. It is quite obvious that the report does not meet the legal standards that we ourselves apply. Let us just consider the most important point into which inquiry was made, that being the assertion that there were secret prisons in Romania and Poland. For that, the report furnishes not even a shadow of evidence; indeed, we find in it nothing that we could not already have read in the media, and that is why the report is a complete flop. More to the point, it is tendentious, as you will find if you read it and consider the general line it takes on the work of the intelligence services. As a result of this, we in the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats will vote to adopt it only if a degree of balance is restored to it by a number of amendments."@en1

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