Et Europa, der proklamerer alles værdighed og de værdier, der er garant herfor, retstats-, proportionalitets- og lighedsprincipperne, har brug for et strafferetsprogram, men råder over en strafferet, der helt absurd adskilles fra de værdier, der sikrer den i søjlernes kompetencestruktur, en strafferet, der i Rådet næsten kun handler om sikkerhed, uden at parlamenterne inddrages.
In a Europe that stands for the dignity of all citizens, for the values that underpin that dignity, for the rule of law, for proportionality and for equality, what is required is a criminal justice programme. Yet in terms of the way in which powers are distributed, what we have is criminal law that is absurdly removed from the values that it guarantees; it is criminal law that follows a hard line in the Council insofar as it is not shared democratically among the parliaments.