Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-23-Speech-2-224"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presentation by the Council of draft general budget - 20042
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030923.5.2-224"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-23-Speech-2-2252
lpv:speaker	lp:Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, in the preliminary draft budget, a sum of EUR 39 million has been earmarked for the European Refugee Fund to cover the present fifteen Member States. This is EUR 3 million less than in the budget for 2003. This, despite the fact that the objectives of the fund are rather bold: promoting the integration of newcomers and organising solidarity between the EU Member States when receiving refugees. In actual fact, a much larger fund is needed to share the responsibility effectively and put an end to the negative policy rivalry between the Member States to adopt the strictest asylum policy. As long as three years ago, I, backed by this House, asked the Commissioner to make an assessment of how much money he would actually need in order to realise the Fund’s objectives. As I have never seen this assessment, I should like to remind him of this request. It is particularly important to give this a lot of consideration, because the Commission will be presenting its plans for the financial perspectives in mid-November. Mr Vitorino, I therefore rely on your courage. Not only is there insufficient money in the Fund structurally speaking, the Fund’s objectives are also at risk of being contaminated. Less funds for the distribution of the cost of reception, but more emphasis on sharing the burden of repatriation policy. In fact, the Member States now want forced repatriation to be paid for from the Refugee Fund. However, the question as to who can stay and who has to go is still the subject of a debate between Member States, and is simply a national decision. It therefore seems very wrong to me to pay European tax money for national decisions. As long as we have not reached agreement on who can stay on European territory and who has to go, it seems wrong to cover the cost of forced repatriation from the European budget."@en1

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