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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the confidence of the European public in the European institutions is unfortunately waning. Nevertheless, the topic that we are debating this evening, the fight against organised crime, is one that the public believes to be a particular matter for the European Union. It is a good thing to ask ourselves this question, therefore. Parliament, the Committee, has done a good job of this. In view of the debate with the Council on data retention, I should like to say that the Committee is a good cooperation partner; one with whom it is possible to have constructive discussions, and which takes its work seriously.
The Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, too, supports the legislative proposal. We had proposed a further addition with regard to the matter of detail as to who has jurisdiction when various European judicial authorities argue over a case. If, in the space of two months, no settlement has been reached, we think it sensible to let Eurojust decide and exert appropriate pressure on the States to ensure that they really decide who has jurisdiction.
I should like to deal particularly with the future, however, and how we can make a little more progress. I regard the reinforcement of joint investigation teams as an important approach. We must make it the norm in European investigation work on organised crime that officers from a wide variety of countries carry out investigations together, tackle crime together. Mutual trust among police and among investigating officers is crucial in this regard, however. That is why we have to invest in familiarisation with the various systems and in confidence building. This also applies to data exchange, to SIS II. We must invest in confidence in these systems.
Thirdly, I should like to touch on the question of the extent to which it is appropriate to develop a common code of criminal procedure. We do not see this as the primary objective. The primary objective is to reinforce the mutual trust of the officers concerned. The public expects a fight against organised crime. There should be no retreat in Europe, but instead a decisive campaign."@en1
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