Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-27-Speech-3-029"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom, security and justice – Immigration (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060927.3.3-029"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-27-Speech-3-0302
lpv:speaker	lp:Mario Borghezio2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2006-04-27--2006-12-12)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the first decision made by Mr Prodi’s new government in Italy was to legalise the situation of 500 000 illegal immigrants, and with the family reunion policies that figure will easily reach at least a million. The Zapatero government in Spain has done the same, legalising 700 000 illegal immigrants. The other European Union countries are therefore entitled to wonder what the aim of such measures might be, other than political demagogy. We have to wonder why the European institutions never dare to insist that these governments face their responsibilities. In Italy, however, the Prodi government has gone further, even altering Community law by making it possible to claim political asylum even in situations that do not fulfil the strict criteria, which we endorse and which are legally required for recognition of political asylum – a fundamental aspect of the freedoms associated with human rights. The privileges of political asylum are even granted to immigrants who do not come from unsafe countries where human rights are not respected, or from war zones. They just need to have applied for asylum or, if their application has been rejected, to be waiting for the end of the lengthy appeals procedure. These policies run counter to the strict immigration policy being sketched out today by the European institutions, not least since we are talking about tightening up the asylum principle. It could be said, however, that such measures may become a means of getting round the rules, which are designed precisely to keep the problem under control. So I say, thank you, Switzerland! Thank you, Christoph Blocker! Long live Switzerland! No more demagogy in Europe on immigration!"@en1

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