Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-04-Speech-3-295"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Consular protection of citizens of the European Union in third countries (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090204.17.3-295"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-04-Speech-3-2962
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Varvitsiotis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-24--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I welcome this debate and I thank both the Council and the Commission for their information and presentation to us. I was the rapporteur for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Green Paper on diplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens in third countries and I therefore continue to take a keen interest in developments in this sector. At the time I maintained that Article 20 should be applied more broadly and should include more rights for European citizens, because this would strengthen the concept of a European nationality and would demonstrate in practical terms the advantages offered by the European Union on a daily basis and would ultimately strengthen European solidarity. The recent terrorist attack in Mumbai demonstrated the usefulness and the need for reinforced coordination of protection for citizens of Member States of the European Union at such times. The publication by the Council last December of guidelines on the implementation of the consular Lead State concept in the event of a crisis is a first positive step and they contain important ideas. However, we are waiting with a great deal of interest for legally binding proposals. I realise that there are huge practical difficulties. However, I consider it extremely important that it should be clear how European citizens on the scene of a crisis are to be informed as to who is the Lead State. I do not think that what has been said to date is satisfactory. In all events, I welcome the importance which the French Presidency attached to this issue and I expect the initiatives to be continued by the Czech Presidency."@en1
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