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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we all agree on the necessity of amending the Schengen Borders Code so that its provisions are consistent with the stipulations of the Visa Information System.
However, the Commission’s original proposal is problematic since it stipulates that, when citizens of third countries cross the border, not only should the validity of the visas be checked but fingerprints should also be taken from them. This may, however, cause huge congestion at the EU’s external borders, mainly at inland border-crossing points during holiday periods or on public holidays.
I therefore welcome the rapporteur’s proposed amendments, which provide that these checks should not be carried out systematically but only as random samples, under well-defined conditions and time restrictions.
In the vote tomorrow, please support the Committee’s opinion that crossing our external borders should become possible without long waiting times, not only in principle but also in practice."@en1
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