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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Spanish Presidency (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020702.4.2-055"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-02-Speech-2-0562
lpv:speaker	lp:Lone Dybkjær2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Det Radikale Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like both to congratulate and to thank the Spanish Presidency – and not only the prime minister, but also all the other ministers – for their sympathetic cooperation with the European Parliament. Personally, I should like to see the prime minister – and, hopefully, his delightful wife too – have the opportunity to take some holiday now. The following is not therefore directed at the prime minister personally, but at the Council, and it concerns the issue of illegal immigration. The Council declarations devote an incredible number of lines, not to mention pages, to illegal immigration. No sensible person is in favour of illegal immigration. The issue comes down entirely to whether the causes are to be tackled or whether a ‘Fortress Europe’ is to be created. The Council has, in the main, concentrated exclusively on a ‘Fortress Europe’, and the document that deals with the actual causes is too weak and ineffectual. According to that document, the European Council draws attention to the importance of economic cooperation. Would it not be better if the European Council refrained from drawing attention to anything at all and instead actually did something, for it is precisely European cooperation that can do something about these matters. We shall continue to have illegal immigration if we do not bring about sensible cooperation with the developing countries and, as long as we do nothing, illegal immigrants cannot be blamed for coming to Europe. The most important thing, therefore, is to bring about sensible cooperation."@en1

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