Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-03-10-Speech-1-084"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ongoing negotiations on bilateral agreements between the USA and certain Member States with regard to visas and PNR (Passenger Name Record) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080310.17.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-03-10-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Urszula Gacek2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2007-12-12--2008-07-08)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2007-12-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-12-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-12-12--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-12-12--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2007-12-06--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2007-12-06--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2007-12-12--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the common visa policy is a matter of Community competence. Moreover, Member States are obliged to respect the principle of solidarity in this area. If that principle is being infringed, we should ask ourselves why. The Council says the American visa waiver programme should finally create the same rights for all EU citizens. Unfortunately, we still lack a concrete timetable showing how and when that goal is to be achieved. The Commission declares that joining the Schengen area at the end of last year was a great success for the citizens of the new Member States. Yes, entry into the Schengen area brings them real benefit. But that only makes the humiliating, time-wasting and costly procedure for obtaining a tourist visa for the United States all the more irritating. Can the Commission now assure us that it will take all necessary steps to achieve equal treatment of all EU citizens by the United States? Can the Commission assure Parliament that it will actively take on the coordinating role and render bilateral agreements superfluous? Parliament itself must take some of the blame. Especially those on the left of this House, whose indiscriminately harsh criticism of the United States strengthens that country’s conviction that it can quietly and effectively negotiate with individual states. It also ties the Commission’s hands. Countries excluded from the visa waiver programme must show political backbone and resist pressure from disgruntled citizens at home. By breaking the principle of solidarity, they are putting the governments of remaining countries under increased pressure to place particular national interests above Community principles. Those countries that already participate in the visa waiver programme must stop treating this as a problem only for those who are still waiting to be included. On behalf of my group, I can assure the Commission that we shall fully support its efforts to achieve visa-free movement of tourists on equal terms for all EU citizens."@en1

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