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"Mr President, the resolution which has just been voted on concerning policies of police and judicial co-operation and the free movement of people in preparation for the forthcoming European Council meeting in Tampere, shows some developments, which appear to be positive, in Parliament’s position. For example, I noticed that our House has just rejected the original drafting of paragraph 6 of the resolution which stated that it was impossible to achieve the area of freedom, security and justice if the rule for unanimity in the Council was maintained. The rejection of this drafting is therefore a positive thing. The question is, though, whether this is a lasting reversal of Parliament’s position, or merely a chance vote. Only the future holds the answer to this question.
In any case, many of the other rulings in this text are not at all acceptable to us, including the one, for example, which, under the pretext of harmonisation and the implementation of a European immigration policy, lowers our defences instead of raising them. For example, paragraph 10 states that the European Parliament “considers it to be a matter of urgency that the European Union, in order to facilitate the integration of citizens of third countries residing legally in its territory, should tackle the principles which govern the status of these people.” It is highly praiseworthy to try to facilitate the integration into Europe of nationals of third countries, but there is also another very serious possibility which should be studied; and that is the voluntary return of these people to their own country.
Now the European Parliament’s resolution, as if by chance, does not mention this at all. The paradox is that we have absolutely no need for European co-operation in order to facilitate the potential integration of nationals of third countries. This is really each nation’s job, whereas we would need this kind of co-operation in order to facilitate their return to their own country. The Eurocrats in office however, have absolutely no desire for a policy which would control immigration, even if this might one day allow them to prove their worth."@en1
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