Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-04-Speech-1-062"
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"In my view, both these proposals contain a series of regulations which, on their own terms, are reasonable and humane. Baroness Ludford’s report, in particular, tries to comply with congenial demands for fair treatment and active integration. It would be a poor do if it did not. I have a couple of comments, however. We are now ensconced in Fortress Europe, and the political attitude that dominates the area in which EU legislation prevails is defined by conditions of access that are so strict as almost to make the proverbial eye of the needle look like an open barn door. Secondly, I have to state that the proposals before us show my own country’s government up in a disgraceful light. As newly appointed minister for ‘Integration and Deportation’, our former fellow MEP Mr Haarder, a Liberal, has been pursuing a policy that must cause former colleagues in his political group to wonder. The rules now being negotiated are significantly less xenophobic than Mr Haarder’s proposals. Thirdly, the fact that the Danish people have acquired a xenophobic government that is further to the right than the EU rules are does not cause the People’s Movement, which I represent, to change its view of Schengen and Title IV of the Treaty on European Union from which Denmark, as is well known, is exempt. This technique of integration, used in certain quarters of the EU system, presents a deadly danger to democracy. It is not the EU that should get rid of a government for us. It is not the EU that should implement a humane foreign policy. It is the Danes themselves – we, the people."@en1
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