Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-596-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Changes to Schengen (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.28.3-596-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-06-Speech-3-597-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Tanja Fajon2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialni demokrati (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2011-05-09--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-17--2013-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in my country, Slovenia and, indeed, in another nine Member States of the Union, and that includes your own country, Commissioner, we blew out our third set of candles last December to celebrate the anniversary of our joining the Schengen area. We still have a very vivid memory of borders falling across Europe. This was an historic moment, a special day for us and for Europe, which opened itself to its people in the most visible and practicable way. At the time, these countries shared the ambition of wanting to connect and integrate with each other. However, there are now some Member States, Denmark in particular, that are destroying what was a dream of many Europeans at the time. Currently, the Schengen system is in no need of change. We cannot allow the reintroduction of border controls. If this system has shortcomings, let us rectify them. However, some governments that are threatening to reintroduce border controls and that are calling for new rules are sending out the message that they do not need Europe. We cannot allow millions of Europeans to become an instrument of populist policies. Freedom of movement has been one of the ideals of European politicians for decades, which is why we expect the European Commission and the Member States to support this in the autumn and listen to the European Parliament. Our citizens will be greatly disappointed if we find we have celebrated a Europe without borders that only actually existed for a few short years. Afterwards, there will not be much left. I fear that our Europe will then collapse as suddenly as a house of cards."@en1
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