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"en.20150429.151.3-1331-000"2
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"Madam President, whilst Albania might well wish to become an EU member and is ticking the boxes to do so, that objective realisation comes with major concerns and anxieties still. Acknowledged across European security services is Albania’s role in people trafficking, heroin smuggling and passport theft. These are all criminal activities that represent clear threats to social cohesion and personal security for citizens of all Member States, not least the United Kingdom. The fundamental EU tenet of freedom of movement of people will provide the ideal platform for these criminal and anti-social activities to be expanded across Europe.
As a UK MEP, one has to ask about – and seriously challenge – the justification for progressing Albania’s accession and integration without any of these critical issues being resolved. Turning a blind eye is not an option. A clear message should be: not yet the time, no accession or integration progression yet, resolve the problems as a priority, and then return with a metaphorical clean bill of health as a state and potential member. We owe that to every EU citizen. Allowing entrenched criminal activities to expand across the European continent and the British Isles should not be facilitated in this way."@en1
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