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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-09-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council meeting in Tampere (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990915.7.3-069"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-15-Speech-3-0702
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-09-02)3 substitute; PECH (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, we find ourselves, in this legislature, with a momentous challenge with regard to the construction of the European Union. During the previous legislature, this Parliament said “yes” to Monetary Union, “yes” to social integration, making employment the centrepiece and the motor of European social policy, and now we must also say “yes” to a European area of freedom, security and justice. The European Council of Tampere, which is the result of the initiative – it must be said – and the efforts of the President of the Spanish Government, José María Aznar, must confront this issue with the same political will that it displayed at the Extraordinary Summit in Luxembourg when it confronted the serious problem of unemployment. The phenomenon of migration is a challenge which we must face with courage, realism and a deep sense of humanity and understanding. Solidarity and integration must be the two fundamental cornerstones of our immigration policy. As has been said here, any solutions which are legal, economic, social or based on controlling the flow of migration, should be adopted according to a common approach, in accordance with a common policy. This is not a Spanish, German or Italian problem, but rather a European Union problem. To this end, the very concept of immigration should be defined at the next European Council meeting in Tampere. Immigration for political reasons is one thing and economic immigration is another, and the two things do not require the same solutions. Furthermore, we should define the concept of asylum which is very often confused with illegal immigration and the problems relating to the status of foreigners. We should also establish, as laid down in the Treaty of Amsterdam itself, a balanced effort amongst all the Member States to confront the consequences of accepting refugees, displaced persons and the powerful migratory pressure which is of an exclusively economic nature, such as that which originates from non-EU countries in the Mediterranean or the Southern flank of the Union. To this end, it is important that we analyse the political, geographical and economic circumstances of each crisis and each type of immigration. It would be neither reasonable nor efficient to distribute responsibilities in a uniform way, especially with regard to the distribution of displaced people. Finally, Madam President, social integration will be the shield, or protection, in the face of the racist or xenophobic attitudes which are currently appearing in some European countries I shall end, Madam President, by appealing to the countries from which the migratory flow originates. It is not enough for the European Union…"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut the speaker off)"1

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