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"Mr President, the Justice Programme seeks to further develop a common area of EU justice and legal policy, but it does this primarily through judicial training, and in particular advocating that judicial training is central to building mutual trust and improving cooperation between judicial authorities and practitioners in EU Member States.
As a practising lawyer with almost 40 years’ experience, I know that lawyers and judges are already trained to a high level and there are a number of programmes already in place catering for the continuing professional development of those in the legal services and professions in national states. Examining the proposed regulation, I wondered why this further training was deemed necessary, and I wondered what evidence there was to suggest that the training of other professionals and practitioners, such as probation officers, court interpreters and bailiffs, would or could contribute to a further enhanced EU common legal culture.
I ask these questions because, on the face of it, it seems perfectly reasonable to suggest that furthering and encouraging lawyers and judges’ knowledge of EU law is a good thing, but the budget for this programme is also substantial, at nearly EUR 378 million. We need to question it on the basis of whether the European taxpayer’s money is being well spent. At a time of austerity, the EU intends to spend a significant amount on training this wide range of legal practitioners.
I am also concerned about the inclusion of drugs policy within this programme. It was our initial understanding, at the beginning of the parliamentary process, that the drugs policy element would be excluded from the programme because there are a number of other well-tried instruments available at EU level to deal with this matter, including the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020. This is a matter that I believe should also remain substantially with national governments and I am really wondering why the Commission decided to add this again at this stage.
The programme is also a mixture of costly activities, language training and more legal training. I wish I could be more positive, but I am afraid that I cannot."@en1
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