Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-05-Speech-2-064-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-04-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Conclusions of the European Council meeting (24-25 March 2011) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110405.3.2-064-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-05-Speech-2-065-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2013-04-05)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; IMCO (2010-06-02--2012-01-18)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2009-07-14--2013-04-05)3 member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the people fleeing the war in Libya are now coming to Europe, especially to Lampedusa and Malta. In my country, people have two concerns. Firstly, they do not know how many people will come. This is a fear which cannot be countered because we do not know how many people will cross over. Secondly, people are very concerned because of the uncertainty about Europe’s willingness to help this time round. This is a fear we can and should address because a solidarity mechanism already exists in our legislation, in Directive No 55 of 2001. What we should do is use it. The Commission appears to be giving two reasons for not having made use of it. Firstly, that there is no majority in the Council of Ministers. I appeal to President Barroso not to cite this as reason. The Commission should show political leadership and take the political initiative to table a proposal for this mechanism to be activated. The Commission is also stating that the numbers are not yet large enough. However, we should be careful. The number could be small in relation to Europe as a whole but very large for a single country expected to host them all on its own. I therefore appeal directly to President Barroso to activate the solidarity mechanism and to President Van Rompuy to tell the Council of Ministers to show concrete solidarity."@en1
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