Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-07-Speech-2-050"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fight against terrorism2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050607.5.2-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-07-Speech-2-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Alexander Stubb2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to begin with a personal remark addressed to Commissioner Frattini. I should like to thank him for his work, as the Foreign Minister of Italy, in the Constitutional IGC during the second half of 2003. At that time I was a civil servant in the Finnish delegation. He did an excellent job, not least in communitarising justice and home affairs, and that is why I hope we will get this Constitution through. I have five very brief points. Firstly, there is a very close balance between individual liberty and security and we have to be very careful when we deal with it in relation to terrorism. That is why I reject the initiative on retention of data and support the position of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. My second point is that the fight against terrorism is really an area where the European Union has value added; it is an area where the Member States cannot and will not be able to operate alone. My third point is that it is also an area where action is demanded. If we look at any Eurobarometer opinion polls, we see that this is an area where the European Union can work quite well. My fourth point is that this could also be our next success story, but it all depends on whether we are able to implement it. That is why I call upon the Commission to push very hard both for the Tampere Agenda and now The Hague Agenda and get the Member States to implement measures to continue the fight against terrorism. My final and fifth point concerns the Constitution. Article 43 of the Constitution is a key article. It is the one that deals with solidarity. If one Member State is faced with a terrorist attack, all the other Member States are required to help out. That solidarity clause, though not yet implemented, worked rather well in the face of the Madrid attacks. I would really like the Member States and the Commission to stick to that principle."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2008-04-03)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFET (2005-01-13--2007-01-14)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (2004-07-20--2008-04-03)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alexander Stubb (PPE-DE )."1

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