Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-17-Speech-2-038"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-06-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080617.4.2-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-06-17-Speech-2-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Coelho2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2007-11-23--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-10-13--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Vice-President Barrot, ladies and gentlemen, do we need a European approach in these areas or not? We usually all say yes. How do we approach this issue? There is a large majority in this House that would have it that we have to regulate legal immigration and fight illegal immigration. A return policy is a vital part of this strategy, as Commissioner Barrot has already stated. We have a directive on minimum standards. Do we want more? Do we want better standards? I am sure we would all want to have better standards, but we came up against the Council’s intransigence and therefore the political question is this: is it better to have these minimum standards or no standards at all? My answer is: I believe that it is better to have these minimum standards, and I would like to congratulate my colleague Mr Weber on his work and the negotiations he has conducted. Let me give two specific examples: the re-entry ban, which is set for five years. Others would prefer different time limits, I am sure, but there are currently Member States with no restrictions, as is the case with Austria, Denmark or France. The case of detention... Nine Member States have no maximum detention period. Only six have shorter detention periods than those provided for in this Directive. One of these six is Portugal, my country, which sets a two-month period and has already stated that it will stick to this. In other words, it does not intend to make use of the Directive to water down standards. Lastly, Madam President, I should like to underline what Commissioner Barrot has already said about children. Here we have to be particularly careful and ensure that the Directive is applied in a humane way."@en1

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