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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council meeting of 15-16 June 2001 in Göteborg – Swedish presidency2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010703.1.2-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-03-Speech-2-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Prime Minister, the Swedish presidency also deserves praise from those of your opponents in Sweden who are usually niggardly with their compliments. If it is now permissible to say so, I have often felt both joy and pride during these last six months. Nonetheless, I have a substantial objection regarding the decision in favour of transporter’s liability, with large fines for those who do not comply with the EU’s rules. In practice, this means that the responsibility of local authorities for those who come to the European Union seeking asylum is to be taken over by airline employees. That is unacceptable. Prime Minister, you talked in January here in Parliament about a generous attitude on the part of the EU and about ambitions for a humane refugee policy that go beyond the requirements of the Geneva Convention. Transporter’s liability as conceived by the EU is neither humane nor generous. Quite the contrary. To put it in the terms that you yourself used, we in the EU, which is a wealthy part of a global community, ought in actual fact to be able to afford to be both humane and generous. You have had the foresight, Prime Minister, to give Raoul Wallenberg the place he deserves in history. May we never betray his memory."@en1

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