Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-30-Speech-4-076"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000330.4.4-076"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-30-Speech-4-0772
lpv:speaker	lp:Georges Berthu2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Rassemblement pour la France (1999-07-20--2000-11-22)3,3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2001-01-30)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2000-09-20)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the action plans on asylum and migration, focusing on the problems encountered by the countries of origin and transit of asylum seekers and migrants, seem to us an excellent initiative in principle. So we are astonished at the severity of the European Parliament’s report and the general tone of yesterday’s debate. The fact is, to have any impact on migratory flows, it is necessary to act on their indirect causes. So the action plans aim to draw up a list of problems for each target country, whether they be related to the political institutions, human rights, the economy or the government, and propose an integrated approach to the countries of the Union and to third countries, combining development aid, legal measures or foreign policy actions. So, in our opinion, it is an intelligent exercise, and the kind of thing which should be done more often at European level. Why, then, are so many Members critical? First of all, because in their view this intelligent exercise is taking place in an excessively intergovernmental context and the High Level Working Group responsible for drawing up the plans is made up of Commission representatives and also – I shudder in relating – national civil servants. But, in our view, while consultation is useful at European level, it is precisely this presence of national civil servants, and the essential inclusion of the Member States in decision making which is the necessary condition of effective action plans The second criticism is that the action plans are too repressive because they contain measures to combat uncontrolled immigration and they advocate an extension of the readmission agreements with third countries. But that is not a defect for us; on the contrary, it is a good idea. Indeed, it is an absolutely indispensable aspect of the plans. It makes no sense to want everything and its opposite at the same time."@en1

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