Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-575-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.28.3-575-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-06-Speech-3-576-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Daniël van der Stoep2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2010-06-23--2011-08-31)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2010-06-21--2011-08-31)3 substitute; ITRE (2010-06-21--2011-08-31)3 member; LIBE (2010-06-23--2011-08-31)3 member; NA (2009-07-14--2011-08-31)3 unknown; Partij voor de Vrijheid (2009-07-14--2011-08-31)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, I would like to start by congratulating the fine country of Denmark for its excellent decision to reintroduce border controls. It demonstrates the decisiveness of a sovereign state, within a constantly meddling European Union, that is unwilling to accept that a foreign pseudo-power should dictate what dangers its citizens are confronted with. Crime crosses borders. The idea of combating it by means of removing borders is an illusion. In reality, removing borders brings about an unchecked spread where crime from eastern European Member States floods into the rich states of western Europe. The reintroduction of border controls is an effective way for a sovereign state to prevent undesirable elements from penetrating its national borders. A sovereign state has an obligation to itself to stand up, at all times, for the interests of its own people as best it can. A government that neglects its own people to the benefit of bandits and scroungers denies its own history and renounces the interests of its citizens. If countries want to introduce effective border controls, that must be up to them to decide. Eurocrats currently prohibit effective border controls. Dutch customs officials are thus bound to check only two incoming trains a day per route, and only two train sets per train. Naturally enough, the enthusiasm for freedom of movement is falling steadily in the Member States. Give our customs officials and military police the scope to carry out checks as they want to, based on years of experience, empirical research and their sense of the urgency of each case. If the European project really is as perfect as the European elite want us to believe, that will not even be necessary."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
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