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dcterms:Date	"2003-04-09"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030409.3.3-045"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-09-03--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-09-10--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-09-10--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, in view of the competences of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, which it is my honour to chair, I would like to stress three or four key aspects of this unprecedented event we are debating today. Firstly, it is important to expand the debate on the European Union’s borders, which has recently been launched. There is absolutely no doubt that successive enlargements lead us to the question: how far? What are the Union’s limits? Knowing where the Union’s borders are is the key if we are to talk about a European identity. Furthermore, it will determine the Union’s future action, in accordance with the possibilities offered by its new shape in terms of expanding the process of integration. My second point is that enlargement is a challenge in terms of the monitoring and control of external borders. In the new area of freedom we are building, it is clear that the decisions of one Member State have repercussions for the others, given the disappearance of internal controls. It is therefore important to help the new Member States to take responsibility for this difficult and costly task, which is a clear example of the organisation of migratory flows. Furthermore, we must reassess the cooperative relations with the new States which will become the Union’s border States. Thirdly, enlargement is a challenge in terms of combating different forms of organised crime, such as terrorism, human trafficking or drug trafficking. It is therefore important to promote intense police and judicial cooperation, the exchange of best practices and the compatibility of legal systems. This will allow the Member States to quickly acquire the levels of guarantee currently enjoyed in all the Member States. Finally, I would like to make a special appeal for the active participation of the ten candidate countries in the work on the Convention on the Future of Europe. It is clear that the Convention is planning the form Europe will take in the twenty-first century and it is therefore essential that not just the current Member States but also the future ones, which will represent almost half of the new Union, feel they are co-authors of that Convention. To sum up, in order to achieve the objective and for enlargement to be successful we must fulfil other objectives which are no less important, such as promoting stability and security, involving all the Member States in its shaping and in the respect for Fundamental Rights laid down in the Charter, and explain European construction to the citizens. In summary, to lay the foundations for a European identity which is constantly evolving, whose lowest common denominator is essential for the consistency and endurance of what we have been advocating for more than fifty years. ( )"@en1
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