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"Mr President, Commissioner, the question is how effective the Schengen Agreement has been to date. Did it stop the Islamic fundamentalists in Madrid? Has it stopped Islamic fanatics throughout Europe? Did it stop them in London? So why should we apply it when we cannot defend Europe?
Tell me; is there a coastguard in the Aegean? Here you have not defined where the borders of Europe are. Two thousand people a day attempt to enter Greece and another two thousand attempt to enter Spain. Consequently, we are helping them. Once they have entered Greece, they can enter Italy, Austria, Germany or France. We are helping them by abolishing internal borders. What do we gain? And now we want a second generation. What are we offering our citizens? Agents tapping their telephones, cameras watching them, the Schengen system recording their personal data. We are therefore creating a democratic deficit without any corresponding benefit.
Of course I shall be voting against this dumbing down of democracy."@en1
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