Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-08-Speech-1-114"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of movement within the European Union2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040308.9.1-114"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-08-Speech-1-1152
lpv:speaker	lp:Ole B. Sørensen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 member; ELDR (2001-11-27--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Venstre (2001-11-27--2004-07-19)3,3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the Santini report concerns one of the pillars of European cooperation: freedom of movement for EU citizens. Freedom of movement is not only a sound liberal principle, it is also the cornerstone of the Lisbon process and a precondition for achieving the internal market. A flexible labour market is identified again and again as one of the preconditions for increasing growth in the EU. Where this point is concerned, we must also recognise that one of the problems surrounding increased mobility is not limited to the particular individual. One of the most important barriers to mobility is constituted by the limited opportunities that exist for people to take their families with them to other EU countries. All in all, the report contains a number of improvements in relation to freedom of movement. It considerably simplifies matters. If the proposal for a directive is adopted, the directive will replace nine existing directives and two regulations. It will facilitate mobility by doing away with the requirement for people to have residence permits before going to live in other EU countries. It will also entitle people to reside permanently in such countries after five years and reduce the opportunities for devising derogations in relation to people from other EU countries. One of the big matters discussed in the report, that of the definition of ‘family’, ended with a compromise according to which the Member States’ current legislation is to be followed. I will not conceal the fact that I should like to have seen a more extensive definition of ‘family’, but I do not think that the present result should lead to the proposal being rejected. Besides, it contains too many improvements upon the status quo. I believe we have been able to do perhaps a little more than might have been thought possible. We have most certainly achieved more than we could expect to achieve in a new Parliament representing an EU of 25 Member States, many of which have a far more restrictive definition of ‘family’. On behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, I shall therefore recommend that we vote in favour of the proposal in its present form."@en1

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