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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:International adoption in the European Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110117.18.1-159-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-17-Speech-1-160-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Elena Băsescu2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Partidul Democrat-Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; ECON (2010-05-12--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2010-01-20--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2012-02-12)3,3 member; PETI (2009-10-07--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I welcome the interest shown by my Italian fellow Members in the situation of abandoned children, an interest which we all actually share. Nevertheless, this issue comes under national jurisdiction only. I asked to take part in this debate as I come from a country which is being subjected to pressure to resume international adoptions and amend the legislation currently in force. However, in Romania, there are more families wishing to adopt than children available for adoption. Our legislation, which numerous international experts were also involved in drafting, is completely in line with European legislation. Turning now to this resolution, I must say that the phrase ‘the right of the child to be adopted internationally’, as specified in point d, is not recognised by the UN and Hague conventions. International adoption is just one option. These children end up in the system due to the precarious situation in which the families they come from find themselves, which, according to international legislation and conventions, should not constitute grounds for adoption. This explains the large number of children in care homes. However, 22 966 children do have a parent. Romanian legislation provides for parental rights to be revoked only in the case of abuse. Therefore, these children are not eligible for adoption. This also applies to the 22 285 children in foster care. The rationale behind the resolution must be focused on the best interests of the child, as my fellow Members before me have also said, and not on those of the adopter. It is the duty of each state and not of anybody else to choose the most appropriate outcomes for its children. Finally, I recommend that everyone becomes more familiar with national legislations. I am referring by this, for example, to a number of children’s courts in Italy which issued seven adoption judgments in 2009 relating to children from Romania, with complete disregard for our legislation."@en1
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