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"I welcome the debate on visa reciprocity with Canada in connection with the negotiated trade agreement between the EU and Canada, but the fact that I and others had to submit an oral question in order for this to happen came as an unpleasant surprise. I am still taken aback by the attitude of the European Commission, which is doing what suits the Canadians, and effectively failing to prevent discrimination against the countries concerned. The European Parliament warned of the danger that international agreements with Canada would not be approved two years ago in a written declaration which I initiated. This is not an empty warning, as the Czech Parliament has already blocked an aviation agreement on account of this situation. Czech MPs are planning to block the trade agreement for the duration of the visa non-reciprocity, which celebrated its third anniversary in July. I do not consider it effective to set up a working party to look at the large increase in unfounded asylum applications, since the core of the problem lies in Canadian asylum law, and not in the EU Member States. Moreover, a working party was set up between Canada and the Czech Republic in 2009, with the participation of the Commission, and it brought no progress. I call on the Commission to support the amendment proposed by myself and other MEPs for a regulation on the visa obligations of third countries as a way of putting effective, visible and firm pressure on Canada, failing which the EU will threaten future complications in Europe-Canada relations."@en1
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