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"Ladies and gentlemen, in Parliament I represent citizens of the Czech Republic, who were just mentioned. The Czech Republic initiated the bilateral negotiations by some Member States on US visas. I strongly resent the European Commission’s unjustified criticism of my country’s foreign policy. The Commission has arrogantly overstepped its factual competences and suppressed the principle of subsidiarity and equality of the members of the Union. Let me also remind you that the bilateral visa negotiations were simply the Czech Republic’s reaction to the Commission’s complete lack of results in the matter of visa exemptions for the new Member States. Ladies and gentlemen, the Commission should realise that although it is an executive body of a high standing, there are many areas where it has to respect the political will of Parliament and the individual Member States.
Finally, if the European Commission wishes to be an arbiter of the Union’s airline safety in the context of US visas, it should not reprimand those countries that are making efforts, through information exchange, to spoil the terrorists’ intentions. On the contrary, it should criticise those countries that negotiate, without scruples, with representatives of Libya or Hamas among others."@en1
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