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Illegal immigration networks, trafficking in human beings, organised crime and the fight against terrorism are situations that certainly warrant widespread and priority concern and, as defined in Laeken, call for cooperation mechanisms between the current services responsible for controlling our external borders. Nevertheless, it is clear that in the Schengen acquis, structures with competences and powers to define ‘common standards’ and processes for police cooperation are already in place.
This proposal, however, goes further and the aim behind it is to create a European Corps of Border Guards, with duties that fall within the strict competence of the national authorities and to which, therefore, we cannot agree. Its activities would involve, in particular, the inspection of documents, the questioning of foreign citizens and the notification of admission or refusal of entry into our territory. Clearly, a European police corps of this nature raises questions, primarily with regard to its questionable and highly dubious effectiveness. Essentially, however, and as affirmed in the Commission Communication, it would pose delicate constitutional problems in various Member States. It is therefore a priority to make national police forces with these powers more effective and to ensure appropriate cooperation between them in order to provide a satisfactory response to such situations."@en1
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