Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-12-13-Speech-1-996"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas - EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation - Visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101213.16.1-996"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-12-13-Speech-1-1042
lpv:speaker	lp:Justas Vincas Paleckis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; SEDE (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"According to data held by Russia’s statistics agency, in 2008, more than 1.5 million Russian visas were issued to EU citizens, and 3.5 million EU visas were issued to Russian citizens. That is more than a quarter of all Schengen visas issued worldwide. EU-Russia visa policy is an important instrument for deepening interpersonal relations and enabling Russia to move closer to the EU. I would like to draw attention to the difficulties faced by the inhabitants of the Russian Federation’s Kaliningrad Region. The majority of the inhabitants of this Russian island surrounded by EU Member States receive single entry short-stay Schengen visas. Most Kaliningrad inhabitants travelling through neighbouring EU Member States have to pay a visa fee every time and stand in queues at the consulates of EU Member States. Recently, representatives from social organisations in Kaliningrad, picketing at the building of the European Commission in Brussels, called for the introduction of special conditions of travel to EU Member States for the enclave’s inhabitants, without tying this issue to EU-Russia talks on a visa-free regime."@en1

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