Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-11-Speech-3-029"
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"Mr President, despite the many measures which the European Union has taken, ranging from Europol's competences to issuing a European arrest warrant, I notice that on the ground, few, if any, results are being achieved in the area of freedom, security and justice. Statistics show that crime is on the rise in various Member States. Moreover, crime is increasingly being characterised by growing aggression, which increases the public perception of the lack of security. It is, unfortunately, no longer exceptional for innocent citizens to be killed or seriously injured during assaults. Certainly now with enlargement around the corner, anxious citizens are right to question whether the European Union can offer sufficient guarantees in order to safeguard their security. It is the very same citizens who have to stand by and watch inadequate police action being taken to tackle this increasingly insolent criminal behaviour. It is of the utmost importance that the Commission should propose measures in order to alleviate this particularly painful shortcoming. After all, it is the government's principal task to guarantee the security of their citizens under all circumstances. Since the EU’s external borders are due to be considerably extended, it is very much a question of whether the new Member States can sufficiently act as buffers against unwanted and illegal immigration. It is an ever more burning issue within the EU as a result of which integration policy, which has to be adopted, is being undermined. In fact, what are we waiting for before we implement a global action plan with the intention of removing all illegal immigrants from the EU's territory? For as long as we have no firm grip on illegal immigration, there will be no real area of freedom, security and justice."@en1
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