Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-570-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Changes to Schengen (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.28.3-570-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-06-Speech-3-571-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Renate Weber2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Naţional Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, over the last few months, the European Union has been confronted with several challenges. As if the economic crisis and the efforts to overcome it were not enough, some Member States have added another sensitive point to the agenda. Instead of welcoming the switch to democratic regimes in some countries in northern Africa, and instead of putting more energy and imagination into assisting the peoples there, a couple of governments – ironically, EU founder-members – afraid that 25 000 people entering the EU would affect their stability, considered that the best way to protect their own borders would be to close them. They had the idea that a new mechanism, profoundly affecting the Schengen area and free movement, should be allowed. Other governments consider that reinstating border controls is an efficient way to fight organised crime, as if criminals follow rules. The ALDE Group has been very firm and vocal from the very beginning. We do not want – and we will not accept – any new mechanism that may affect the Schengen the very spirit of EU integration. Instead, we are ready and have already started working towards better Schengen governance for better protection of the EU external borders – while fully respecting the human rights of those trying to reach them – and towards full implementation of the principle of solidarity among Member States. Politicians who believe that European citizens will like them as a result of this initiative are very wrong. They may get some votes in their own countries in the next elections as politicians, but they will not be forgiven for not acting as great statesmen in the interest of all European citizens, including their own. Only the preservation of Schengen and its is a win-win situation."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Renate Weber,"1 "acquis"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group."1
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