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"Mr President, one of the three policy priorities for 2005 in the Commission's annual policy strategy is security and European citizenship. The Parliament and certainly the ALDE Group can only agree, but let us look at whether the rhetoric is being translated into reality in the relevant policy areas, in terms of both proposed budgetary resources and democratic accountability to our citizens. Some of my comments are directed at the Council and I am very sorry to see that they are not in their place.
Taking first the area of asylum and immigration and external borders, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs – when adopting the report of our Rapporteur, Mr Deprez, last night – insisted that the funding for the programme on return management in the area of migration proposed by the Commission be put into the reserve until, firstly, the Council move to codecision, which is required by the treaties but which they have done nothing about, and secondly, there is a proper legislative act. We fully support this programme, but are disappointed that we are being asked to approve something which is lacking in legislative and democratic certainty.
We are aware that there is good work going on in the area of integration and reception of asylum seekers, but we think there should be more money in areas like the European Refugee Fund. The European Agency for the Management of the External Borders still does not have a permanent seat. There has been a lot of talk about external borders, but the Council cannot even decide on where the seat should be.
In the area of crime and terrorism, next year only a modest increase is proposed by the Commission in the budget for Eurojust, which is a key player in the fight against serious crime. The Committee on Civil Liberties wants to increase the funding by two-thirds if we are going to be serious about cross-border efforts to tackle crime.
As to the area dealing with reinforcing respect for human rights and the rule of law, let me give you one example: the Commission is proposing to cut the funding for the research and evaluation programme on respect for fundamental rights, which includes funding for the network of experts on fundamental rights. These examples perhaps show the gap between rhetoric and reality. We need to put our money where our mouth is to be credible and not create disillusionment among the citizens of Europe."@en1
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