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"Mr President, a good idea was discussed a few days ago in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs about improving the mechanism for assessing the countries in the Schengen area in terms of how they apply the Schengen acquis, as well as the progress made by the countries applying to join the Schengen area.
However, the criteria must be clear and apply to all, and not get confused with abstract, moralistic criteria or become politicised. For instance, the levels of corruption must be monitored for candidate countries.
It is very important for corruption to be sought out and exposed, but it may be difficult for this process to be carried out objectively in each country separately. In other words, we should not allow any subjectivity when we are trying to improve the assessment mechanism. This is why sanctions are also provided for. Some of them may be of a financial nature. A great deal of precision is required.
Therefore, candidate countries must prepare themselves thoroughly, otherwise, they face the threat of delay. Those countries which are in the Schengen area but have failed the assessment need to be aware that their membership may be frozen in keeping with the sanctions."@en1
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