Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-23-Speech-3-051"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Negotiations between the European Union and the United States with regard to visa exemptions (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080423.3.3-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-23-Speech-3-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2007-11-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this whole debate about visa exemptions between the United States and the European Union is gradually starting to seem like a hallucination. A number of new Member States have managed to sign bilateral agreements with the United States. For them it was quicker and obviously easier than waiting for a general agreement with the European Union as a whole. America is attaching a number of conditions to visa exemption as part of the fight against terrorism. Where is the problem? The Eurofederalists say that signing visa agreements is a European competence. In the previous debate on that subject, a member of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats said that what is called European solidarity must take precedence and that that just has to be explained to the people of the Member States concerned who are the victims. Ideology apparently has to take precedence over practicality. It is the responsibility of the Member States and it must remain the responsibility of the Member States to decide for themselves who enters their territory and under what conditions, and the visa policy is an essential part of that."@en1

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