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"I support this proposal because I believe that readmission agreements are legal instruments of vital importance in strengthening cooperation in the fight against illegal immigration, which was one of the priorities of the Laeken Summit. They form part of a coordinated approach which combines defining the rights of citizens of third countries with appropriate management of migratory flows, cooperation with countries of origin and the establishment of a common European asylum system.
Nevertheless, given that the Treaty of Amsterdam gave the Community competences in the area of readmission, and that it is for the Council to negotiate and conclude such agreements, I regret that, as in the case of the first readmission agreement entered into with Hong Kong, the European Parliament has once again not been consulted nor kept informed during the negotiations.
The report before us relates to an agreement that has already been signed by the plenipotentiaries, so the report comes very late in the day, as once an agreement has been signed there is no scope whatsoever for making changes to the text or to the protocols annexed to it. This kind of situation is politically unacceptable, and I hope that in future the European Parliament will be kept informed about the progress of negotiations by the Commission and by the Council."@en1
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