Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-23-Speech-3-075"
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"I welcome the presidency statement about the equal treatment of all EU citizens. It is time to give a parliamentary mandate to the Commission to reach a comprehensive agreement on the EU-US visa waiver programme. The aim is to provide for safe visa-free travel for all EU citizens without exception as soon as possible. We also expect the Commission to provide the maximum transparency during the negotiations. At this point we cannot see any reason from the USA side to insist on presenting additional data. Also it is important that electronic means could be used by citizens to forward their visa applications and personal data.
Several colleagues have shown irritation about the moves taken by some Member States to speed up reaching visa-free agreements with the USA authorities through bilateral consultations. This is not splitting the EU. Let us not forget that practically all older Member States already enjoy visa-free entry whereas practically all new Member States lack this opportunity.
Memorandums of understanding signed by these states are to be seen as acts of political will on the way toward a visa-free regime; they are certainly not separatist agreements."@en1
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