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"Thank you, Madam President, this ‘debate’ speaks volumes about the chasm between Europe and its citizens. While we know that there is little public support for enlargement, there is hardly a critical noise to be heard in this House. This confirms the impression that this is the umpteenth European project that is being forced through by a European elite instead of holding an honest, open dialogue with genuinely concerned people. Honourable ladies and gentlemen of the Council and of the Commission, these people are not only rightwing-populist and anti-European types, they are also ordinary citizens with real concerns.
In order to give this honest dialogue a shot in the arm, the Liberal Group is asking why the EU is granting asylum to people from countries with whom we are round the negotiating table? Either those countries are safe, in which case we should not accept any asylum seekers, or they are not safe, and they need to be taken to task over this in the framework of the political criteria. The Liberal Group is taking the asylum obligations arising from the Geneva Convention very seriously. We want a humane and just policy. How can we achieve this following enlargement? This is our question."@en1
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