Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-16-Speech-4-013-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-02-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Family reunification of third-country nationals living in the EU (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120216.5.4-013-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-16-Speech-4-014-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Wikström2
lpv:spokenAs	member; JURI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; PETI (2012-01-19--2012-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2012-12-09)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the family can provide people with security, safety and a sense of belonging in their lives. If, for various reasons, people are forced to leave both their country and their family, they will always carry within them the dream of being part of a family again, of being united and of belonging. That hope never dies. The Commission has now examined the implementation of the directive on the right to family reunification from 2003 and found that many Member States have problems getting this to work in practice. I therefore welcome the Commission’s new, clearer guidelines for the Member States. Many of the provisions are vague and new guidelines can help to safeguard the provisions that exist and may be a good tool for the Member States, but I am opposed to the introduction of new provisions and I seriously question the Commission’s timing regarding the release of this Green Paper on the future of family reunification. If we open up the possibility of adopting new provisions, I believe there is a risk that the result will be worse than what we currently have and that fewer people will be reunited with their families. I would like to hear how the Commission intends to deal with the implementation of this directive with which several Member States are struggling so badly. Have any infringement proceedings been initiated? If no infringement proceedings have been initiated, why not? What excuse is there for that? Let us also remember that there is actually only one Member State, namely the Netherlands, that has requested an amendment to the directive, and it would need more than that for us to open the way for new provisions. International human rights instruments confer on us all the right to a family life, and this right to live together, to love and to belong is something that none of us should jeopardise. The directive must provide guarantees to protect the right to belong to and be part of a family with other people."@en1
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