Day 434: 10/07/2008 Thursday. Madeleine Beth McCann

JULY 2008

 

Day 434: 10/07/2008 Thursday. Madeleine Beth McCann 

 

We have recently managed to have a break visiting family. Sean and Amelie have had a brilliant time and it has been great for me to spend so much time with them. Although this has been a relaxing break, it has been incredibly difficult for Kate and me to have been on holiday without Madeleine- it is all too apparent what is missing.

We were very pleased to learn today that the written declaration calling for the introduction of an EU wide Amber alert system has been successful. More than half of the 786 Members of the European Parliament (MEP's) were required to sign the declaration for it to be adopted as a full resolution of the European Parliament and as of today 417 had signed. This is a small step in the right direction and a lot of work will be needed to get National Amber alert systems implemented. The idea already has the support of the European Commission and this additional political impetus should speed up the implementation process.

 

We would like to thank Edward McMillan-Scott and the other 4 sponsors of the declaration, all those MEP's who signed the declaration and all the members of the public who lobbied their MEP's.

 

There has been a lot of speculation in the press over the last 10 days that the

 

investigation in to Madeleine's disappearance has closed.

 

We have not heard anything officially other than we know the files are with the prosecutor and the period of secrecy has been extended to 14th August. Our independent investigation continues and we urge people going on holiday to remain vigilant and consider taking one of our posters with them- downloadable from the how to help section of the website.

 

 

Date Released: 10/07/2008 22:29:00

Adoption of written declartion 36/2008

 

We were very pleased to learn today that the written declaration calling for the introduction of an EU wide Amber alert system has been successful. More than half of the 786 Members of the European Parliament (MEP's) were required to sign the declaration for it to be adopted as a full resolution of the European Parliament and as of today 417 had signed. This is a small step in the right direction and a lot of work will be needed to get National Amber alert systems implemented. The idea already has the support of the European Commission

and this additional political impetus should speed up the implementation process.

 

We would like to thank Edward McMillan-Scott and the other 4 sponsors of the declaration, all those MEP's who signed the declaration and all the members of the public who lobbied their MEP's. Attachments No files