Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-01-Speech-4-121"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010201.6.4-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-01-Speech-4-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Roseline Vachetta2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"The Naïr report on EU Mediterranean policy is more than ambiguous. It does not provide any basis to establish proper cooperation structures between Europe and the Mediterranean countries. In fact, while we can go along with the rapporteur on the need to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, we have problems with the report when it addresses other economic and social issues. First of all, the report follows the Commission line which vaunts free trade and advocates the liberalisation of the economies of Mediterranean countries. Point 21 is particularly revealing in this respect and speaks of “encouraging liberalisation of the Mediterranean partners’ economic systems and implementing the structural reforms required to enable them to compete on more open markets.” The report addresses the crucial issue of debt only in terms of reducing and converting the Mediterranean countries’ external debt, instead of calling on European governments to cancel such debts, as we ought to be doing. With regard to migrants, the Naïr report takes a restrictive line, referring to the administration of migrant flows and seeking to criminalise immigrants. Frontiers have never stopped the movement of men and women. To regard them as illegal immigrants is playing into the hands of the mafias and traffickers. We should resolve to open borders. Lastly, while the rapporteur recognises the Palestinians’ right to their own state, he makes no mention of their legitimate demands, namely the release of all political prisoners and the right of return for refugees. For these reasons I did not vote for this report."@en1

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