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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it has been a long journey. One only has to think back to the debate we had on this important subject, already a year ago now. I would like to take the opportunity of my allocated time to praise the admirable work done by our two co-rapporteurs on this very important subject, matched by their admirable determination. As other Members have said, it will bear fruit tomorrow in the agreement. We are nearly at the end of the journey, after all the obstacles, disputes and very detailed legal discussions. There are two things I would like to say: this is, of course, an important day for all the victims in Europe, and I support everything that has already been said on this. They can sometimes, quite unjustly, become forgotten victims, since we talk far more often about the rights of the accused than about victims’ rights. It is therefore a great day for victims. However, it is also a major step forward for the European Union, as not only have we been innovative in our procedure, with the two committees constantly liaising and discussing the matter with the Commissioner, but we have also created a legal instrument. This means that free movement within the European Union will be given wider scope and will be expressed more, thanks to this very valuable legal instrument, which speaks out loud and clear today as proof of, and an almost logical, natural legal progression in the process of greater European integration. The journey may have been long, but today we stand together as witnesses to, and participants in, a great step forward in cooperation on criminal justice and prevention. To ensure that this prevention is also effective, and that in practice we have to use this legal instrument as little as possible outside national borders, after the agreement has been made tomorrow we will need to do a considerable amount of work on information, publicity and awareness-raising. This should be directed not only at potential victims, but also at all the authorities that will be called upon to implement this instrument. Our next step, as you said Commissioner (you will think we are never satisfied), will be to start looking tomorrow at a law on civil protection."@en1
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