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"Mr President, I would firstly like to clarify that, during the debate on the previous report, I wished to read a phrase in Spanish, which is the correct linguistic version. I had the right to do so, but I am going to do so tomorrow during the vote, although that is less convenient, since it is different from the phrase read by Mr Nassauer. With regard to the report we are discussing now by Mr Hernández Mollar, I would like to say that this is not a happy occasion. We cannot take pleasure in the restriction of the right to free movement, which – as we pointed out this morning – is an essential factor in the Europeans’ world view. The Group of the Party of European Socialists, however, despite the irresponsible inclinations in favour of illegal immigration I am accused of by certain Members from the PPE-DE Group, will vote in favour of the inclusion of Ecuador in the list of countries whose nationals require a Schengen visa. It will do so having analysed the information which has been provided by the countries requesting it and because it believes that it will provide better guarantees of the rights of those people who today are being denied entry in the terminals of the European Union’s airports, which often also affects people who wish to enter for the purposes of tourism. In any event, I would like to call on the European Commission to see this as a serious alarm call with regard to a country which is reaching very serious levels of poverty and, in accordance with its own statements on the Union’s immigration policy, to treat this country as a priority objective, in terms of development cooperation and co-development measures. I believe we could thereby compensate for the sad message which unfortunately we have to send today from the Union to the citizens of that country. I thank the rapporteur for his work and for accepting this amendment, because I am convinced that we share this concern."@en1

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