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"Mr President, I would remind colleagues that, in his opening statement, the Vice-President mentioned the ‘hot spots’ and the reception conditions for refugees. Last week the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) spent some four hours going through what is happening, and I note that the Commission today announced infringement proceedings and action against Member States who were not doing what they should have been doing. It was a very interesting debate which many people asked for. They asked for a European border and coast guard, and you today are at least embryonically delivering it. We have not seen the detail in writing, but if we do not have credibility on the ‘hot spots’ and reception centres – and Commissioner, you have admitted this and said it clearly – then there is no holistic and comprehensive approach to this.
So when colleagues call for an external border force, they must also call for a comprehensive view of this. Frontex, to me, is not yet institutionally ready for this big task, but we still have to protect the external border. That means, together, we have to have solidarity, as my colleagues have said, but also credibility. At the heart of this is credibility.
You are taking infringement proceedings. Here in Parliament, we have to understand that we too have a job. If we want to have Schengen preserved and if we are to understand that 750 000 refugees have entered Greece recently, and that we therefore have to have a refugee policy – and I would add the rule of law to the complaints mechanism, Commissioner – then credibility must be at the heart of it. That means, colleagues, that the MFF, which is EUR 280 million, is not enough. Let us now work together to understand that the external border must be protected under the rule of law, that we must protect Schengen, but that we must also have the ‘hot spots’ and reception centres to have a credible refugee policy in order to look refugees in the eye and say to Member States: yes, we have the plans today, but they will fall apart unless we exhibit solidarity, credibility, funding and some determination to make all of this work together."@en1
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