APRIL 2008
Day 345:
12/04/2008 Saturday
Our visit to the European Parliament on Thursday (10th) was the
culmination of several months work. Kate and I presented a written declaration
(see news and support) to the parliament asking for the introduction of an EU
wide missing child alert system based on the US AMBER alert system. The AMBER
system has been incredibly successful in rescuing abducted children. France
An EU wide AMBER type system has widespread support. The EU
commission presented draft guidance (written in conjunction with Missing
Children Europe) on the introduction of such a system. In Lisbon
We presented the declaration to MEP's, answered questions and then
held a press conference- our first public speech since returning from Portugal
The day went extremely well although we were naturally asked
questions about the Portuguese investigation, which are very difficult to
answer for us, as we have had no direct dialogue with the Portuguese police. We
were dismayed to learn that excerpts from our early witness statements were
leaked to a Spanish TV station. These were taken out of context and there can
be no doubts were designed to undermine our credibility. One has to question
why these were leaked on the day when the media attention was huge and who
benefits from such a leak?
One thing for certain is that it does not help to find Madeleine.
We would certainly welcome an independent inquiry as to where the leaking of
such sensitive information, contrary to judicial secrecy laws, has come from
Kate and Gerry presentation to EU parliament
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