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"Mr President, on the eve of this most important, not to say crucial, Council concerning the construction of the European judicial area, I should like firstly to express a wish: that there finally be a genuine debate with the Council and that the Council finally listen to what the European Parliament is saying.
My main aim in addressing this House is to inform you of our basic demands in the light of our new political agenda. Firstly, I think it essential that a genuinely proactive policy on legal immigration finally be adopted. As, moreover, Mr Vitorino sincerely acknowledged a few minutes ago, it has, until now, been mainly the repressive side of asylum and immigration policy that has been given prominence and, as a result, many aspects of this legal immigration policy have been left on one side. Matters absolutely cannot continue in this way.
Allow me to say a few words about the plan to construct, at the gates of Europe, so-called assistance centres for refugees, which are out-and-out camps. Let me tell you how totally opposed I am to such a project. It would in fact be an unprecedented retrograde step in Europe’s exercise of its responsibilities towards populations fleeing from conflicts and would show complete contempt for human rights, something that is absolutely unacceptable. Nor, certainly, can we be reassured by the recent declarations made by the Commissioner-designate, Mr Buttiglione, nor, for that matter, by those I have heard made this evening by Mrs Klamt. Beyond the strict rules for administering migratory flows, there are equally elementary rules concerning respect for individual rights.
On the subject of the priority given to the fight against terrorism, there is of course agreement concerning the basis and essential features of this fight, but there are two things we expect from the Council. The first is that it implements genuinely effective measures that go beyond mere statements of intent in the manner of the appointment, following the Madrid bombings, of Mr de Vries who was provided with no resources for taking action. Secondly, we want the fight against terrorism to involve seeking a balance between people’s security and people’s freedom and for us not to imitate our American friends who, in their battle against the terrorist enemy, flout the most fundamental of essential rights.
I shall conclude by saying that the demands we are making seem to us to be absolutely indispensable and that we hope that the next Justice and Home Affairs Council will finally give these demands a genuine hearing."@en1
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