Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-04-Speech-3-485-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-07-04"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120704.29.3-485-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-07-04-Speech-3-486-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Renate Weber2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CRIM (2012-03-28--2013-10-23)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Naţional Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we have heard again and again from the Council, from the Member States, but also from you, Commissioner, that the implementation of the Schengen Agreement has been very good, almost perfect. Allow me please to at least partially disagree. It is true that for several years no one has challenged how Member States implement the Schengen rules. Border controls have been reintroduced for limited periods of time, but no one complained. However, in the last 18 months there have been way too many attempts to apply Schengen rules in a much more personalised and dangerous manner. The joy of the Arab Spring was over-shadowed by Italy’s reaction and France’s decision to reintroduce border control. Denmark considered that its domestic political problems could be solved by reintroducing border control as an alleged way of combating trans-border crime. For more than one year – one year – the Netherlands has had an initiative which was considered by a Dutch court as having the same effects as border controls. For several months another attempt to curtail free movement has taken place in Germany, where on a systematic basis more than 55% of Czech buses are checked. I cannot help wondering how long the Commission will keep pretending that things are OK within the Schengen governance. They are not. This is why the Commission in fact came up with a legislative package to improve it. If the Commission continues with only half-measures, never daring to start infringement procedures, I am afraid we will wake up one morning realising that free movement no longer exists. I am addressing you, Commissioner, because I have full confidence in your commitment to the defence of free movement. I am not addressing the Council at this stage, waiting for a better time to enlighten the Member States and make them understand what the real interests of European citizens are."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Renate Weber,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group."1
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