Declaration 108/08 for the European Parliament
The Declaration 108/08 that FLARE Network intends to take to the European Parliament in March 2009 is now available in 22 languages:
EN | ES | DE | IT | BG | CS | DA | EL | ET | FI | FR | HU | LT | LV | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SK | SL | SV
The declaration represents an important part of the European Social Campaign that FLARE is going to take to 20 countries in Europe and surrounding areas, and- specifically - it intends to:
1. have March 21 be declared the “European Mafia Victims’ Memorial Day – Anti-Mafia Action Day”;
2. call on the European Commission and Council to pass the legislation required to enable property and money confiscated from international criminal organisations to be reused for social purposes;
3. call on the Eurpean Commission and Council to devote that day to awareness-raising initiatives in Member States, to be pursued in cooperation with civil society and national, regional, and local authorities;
4. call on the European Commission and Council to pass the legislation required to enable property and money confiscated from international criminal organisations to be reused for social purposes.
The declaration needs to be signed by 400 MEPs in order to become effective. You can follow the progress of the declaration at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/plenary/writtenDecl/wdFastOngoing.do?language=EN
