Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-20-Speech-3-353"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-06-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:External dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070620.27.3-353"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-20-Speech-3-3542
lpv:speaker	lp:Genowefa Grabowska2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Socjaldemokracja Polska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the report we are discussing today is a good document and deserves our support. We should welcome the fact that the Union finally has a strategy for implementing the Hague programme. It has been a long time coming. Nearly every year, Parliament has discussed organised crime, corruption, money laundering, illegal immigration and human trafficking, the fight against terrorism, the fight against drugs in Afghanistan, the CIA, data protection, etc. It has also suggested ways of dealing with these phenomena. As a result, it has taken a long time for the strategy to develop and take on its current shape. Certain questions arise. What do we want the strategy to achieve? How do we plan to do this? Why do we want to do it? The report’s answer to the first question is that, first and foremost, we want to improve the way in which democracy functions. We also want police and judicial cooperation, as well as cooperation in all areas of human rights protection and the fight against terrorism. In other words, we want cooperation on internal affairs. How are we going to achieve this? We have already developed mechanisms for this, primarily the neighbourhood policy. We have institutions such as EUROMED and EUROLAT. We also have bilateral and multilateral agreements. However, all this is not enough. We want the European Parliament to play a bigger role. We want it to be consulted on a greater range of matters. We also want a better division of competences between the Member States and the Union, in order to be able to resolve these matters more quickly and easily. The only real cure is a European constitution. There is also a third question: why do we want to do all of this? The reason is that we are concerned by the fact that our external partners’ actions are not always in line with European Union standards. If we want partners beyond the European Union who not only know what democracy, the rule of law and justice mean, but also apply these principles in practice, we must provide them with assistance. The report proposes suitable mechanisms to achieve these ends. Thus, our external actions extend the area of democracy, security, freedom and justice far beyond the borders of Europe. This is important for the citizens of third countries, but is also incredibly important to European Union citizens. A broader, more global and common area of freedom and democracy will make the lives of EU citizens safer and democracy more stable."@en1

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