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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Right to family reunification2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030408.4.2-163"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-08-Speech-2-1642
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate the rapporteur on this report. Firstly, from a procedural point of view, while I realise it is due to unavoidable delays on the part of this Parliament, it is unacceptable that, as Mr Sørensen said, the Council has already reached its general agreement on this without waiting for Parliament's opinion. Secondly, colleagues will be aware that the UK has chosen at this stage, for well-documented reasons by way of a protocol, not to opt into this directive, but I sincerely hope that in the future it will be able to opt in. I therefore welcome the course that the rapporteur has taken with regard to subsidiary protection. As others have said, we should recognise the importance of this agreement because it is the first legislative instrument to be passed at European level on legal immigration. If we are aware of the difficulties the Commissioner faced in making any progress on this issue, then we should recognise the very great challenges that lie ahead. Mrs Klamt's remarks and her interpretation saddened me. On family unification, I would say to Mr Gollnisch that I can well understand, if there were members of his family who were separated from him by thousands of kilometres, that they would not want family reunification – they would be grateful to be parted from him. But if it were members of my family who were separated and somewhere else in the world – whatever the relationship or their situation – I would welcome this and would hope that we could have family reunification that would draw us together. As Mrs Terrón i Cusí said, we have to be realistic in our approach to, and modern in our interpretation of, relationships and to show understanding for the circumstances that people find themselves in nowadays. This Parliament has to be realistic, rational and forward-looking. I look forward to supporting this report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-09-24--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evans, Robert (PSE )."1

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