Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-07-05-Speech-3-403"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Visa policy with regard to western Balkan countries (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060705.20.3-403"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-07-05-Speech-3-4042
lpv:speaker	lp:Jelko Kacin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Citizens of the countries of the Western Balkans experience significant problems in travelling around Europe. The most extreme example of all is Kosovo where they have passports which are not recognised by many European countries. Commissioner, Kosovo Albanians are exchanging their UNMIK passports for other passports and we, Member States of the European Union, are literally forcing them into crime and into a search for other, parallel passports. This serves, in effect, to illustrate the sheer misery of our current visa regime. Surely, Commissioner, as Members of the European Union, we can do more to place greater value on UNMIK passports. In order to speed up the process of Europeanisation in the Western Balkans, we need a vastly more flexible approach, except in the case of criminals, of course – they are very resourceful and will find their way everywhere. I am talking of ordinary people who would like to experience Europe and European values in practice, and preferably while they are still growing up, receiving an education and building a set of values. For this reason, Commissioner, it seems to me that we have to do more to find a solution for people in the various countries of the Western Balkans so they do not have to wait for hours on end for a visa only to be told eventually by an embassy clerk that they cannot get a visa and that they must go back. Visas are issued in capital cities. These are the least developed parts of Europe and these people have to invest a huge amount of time and a lot of money, not to mention pride, when applying for visas. It is, therefore, only fair that we should amend the current visa regime."@en1

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