Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-07-Speech-4-223-250"
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"The democratic movements in the Arab countries and the war in Libya have given rise to large-scale movements of persons bound for the European Union, and they continue to do so. Many countries, faced with this enormous influx of migrants and refugees, have called for the Schengen Agreements to be reviewed and, on 24 June, the European Council (as representative of the Member States) asked the Commission to present a proposal on a safeguard mechanism to deal with exceptional circumstances of this sort and thus allow the reintroduction of controls at internal borders. The European Parliament reiterates its total opposition to any new Schengen mechanism and deplores the fact that several Member States, such as France, Italy and even Denmark, are trying to reintroduce border controls. The problems we have met of late are the result, in many cases, of the reluctance of Member States to implement a common European policy regarding asylum and immigration, which our Parliament has long been anxious to see. If we are to deal with these exceptional circumstances, we need greater solidarity amongst the Member States. Schengen must be strengthened rather than weakened. We also need to be able to manage our external border controls better and not create barriers between nations."@en1
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