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I am delighted at the decision that Article 67 of the Treaty can be fully implemented, so that topics under Title IV, such as immigration, asylum and border controls, can be decided by qualified majority voting under the codecision procedure.
We improve efficiency and we strengthen the role of this Parliament, guaranteeing the principle of democratic legitimacy, which is fundamental for the adoption of legislation on topics as sensitive as asylum and immigration policy and others that involve people’s fundamental rights.
I support Mr Bourlanges’s report as well as the two concrete proposals that he makes, because:
codecision and qualified majority voting on legal immigration are essential for the management of the Union’s migration policy. With the signing of the Constitution on 29 October 2004, it was made clear that the measures laid down on legal immigration must not affect the Member States’ right to determine the number of third country nationals they can admit to their territories for the purpose of seeking work there.
the restrictions on the Court’s competences in Title IV that were introduced at Amsterdam, as there were fears of too much work and excessive delays, do not make sense either, given the introduction at Nice of Article 225(a)…"@en1
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