Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-01-15-Speech-2-149"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20080115.23.2-149"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Sophia in 't Veld2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all let me say that I have a great deal of respect for the rapporteur, Mr Cashman. I always regard him as a great ally in the fight to defend fundamental rights. Where I differ from the rapporteur, therefore, is not on the substance, the content, but on the strategy. It might be a strategy to relinquish a couple of priorities in exchange for support from the Council, but is the Council offering us enough for us to abandon what we want? Not in my opinion, and that being so I prefer just to state my position clearly. The ALDE amendments propose four additional priorities, namely homophobia, privacy, counter-terrorist policy and fundamental rights, and discrimination against the Roma, and right now makes these the four main areas in which Member States continually breach human rights. The Fundamental Rights Agency should have become a watchdog to keep the Member States on the right path, but unfortunately it has not managed to do that. At any rate, it has already become a toothless tiger. As far as I am concerned, and certainly also when I listened to what Commissioner Frattini has just said, the European Parliament, as the most important partner of the Fundamental Rights Agency, should simply set its own clear priorities. Quite honestly, if we are counting on support from or agreement with the Council, I wonder anyway where the Council is today. I am afraid, therefore, that I very much agree with the rapporteur on the content – I am going to consult in my group – but I regret to say that I cannot support the strategy."@en1

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