Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-21-Speech-1-143"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cost of obtaining a visa for Belarusian and Ukrainian citizens (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080421.17.1-143"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-21-Speech-1-1442
lpv:speaker	lp:István Szent-iványi2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-12-06--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Ukraine and Belarus have a key role to play in the Eastern dimension of our Neighbourhood policy. With Ukraine the aim is democracy, a market economy, consolidation of the orientation towards Europe while with Belarus the aim is the democratisation of the country. Relaxation of travel requirements is a flexible and valuable tool for this. Since 1 January citizens of Ukraine have benefited from a simplified visa regime, though the majority of them feel that the position today is harder than it was before, since getting into their major target countries, Poland, Hungary and Lithuania, is now more difficult than it was previously. This is seen as a backward step, since the EUR 35 visa fee is a large sum of money for them, and the administrative burden and procedures are extremely complicated. So we have to show that for Ukraine the immediate aim, the granting of visa-free travel, will happen very soon, and until we can do this, the granting of visas without a fee will have an impact on an even greater number of people, as well the relaxation of the administrative burden. As for Belarus, we have to make it clear that Europe does not have a problem with the people of Belarus but with its oppressive regime. We would wish its citizens to be able to travel more easily and so we have to relax the EUR 60 visa fee, a huge amount of money, as in Belarus it is equivalent to half the average monthly wage, and we also have to reduce the administrative burden, as the complicated regulations are difficult to comply with. In this way we can reach a position where the citizens of Ukraine and Belarus feel that they are close to Europe. Thank you."@en1

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