Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-27-Speech-2-119"
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Having had many encounters with refugees from Kosovo, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Nepal, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, I appreciate that these poor souls do not come to our continent for fun. Each set of parents and every child have their own story to tell – a story of despair and fear. This draft directive is disturbing and is the ultimate proof that the Home Affairs and Justice Ministers are playing their own games and refusing to consult with the European Parliament. They went against the spirit of the Treaties in concluding what I believe to be an ill-considered political agreement without consulting the European Parliament. I therefore endorse Amendment 182, according to which the European Parliament retains the right to bring a case before the Court of Justice in order to verify the proposal’s legitimacy and its reconcilability with the fundamental civil rights. I also support all amendments that intend to delete the concept of ‘safe third country’ from the proposal. This notion is unacceptable in that it passes the buck from Member States to third countries and will inevitably lead to arbitrariness and political scheming. Incidentally, who decides whether a country is (super)safe or not? Is Afghanistan safe after the war? Are Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – two countries that are creaking under a totalitarian regime – safe countries? Some people in Belgium believe they are."@en1
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"(Brief explanation of vote in accordance with Article 163 of the Rules of Procedure)"1
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