Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-13-Speech-2-355"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20060613.32.2-355"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-13-Speech-2-3562
lpv:speaker	lp:Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3,3 vice-chair; SEDE (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK (2004-07-20--2008-05-28)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 member; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, colleagues, a few observations regarding inaccuracies in the report. The report calls for favourable measures to be adopted with regard to non-citizens whose rights are supposedly being infringed. There is a paragraph calling for guaranteeing and expanding voting rights at all election levels for Roma and non-citizens only. I agree that Roma are experiencing unfavourable conditions in many parts of Europe, but there is no reason to single out non-citizens. It is also unclear why the rapporteur is concerned about the social and political rights of only these two groups. It is surprising that the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs has not recognised the inherent bias in this report. It has even ignored the report’s discriminatory nature, as it makes no mention of migrants of any origin, third country citizens or religious minorities. And now about the true situation of non-citizens. The annual statistical report of the Secretariat of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, released a few days ago on 9 June, noted that, compared to other groups, non-citizens in Latvia and Estonia are a privileged category of people who enjoy rights and protection similar to those of citizens. Furthermore, special reference is made to the effect that the provisions of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons cannot be applied to Latvian non-citizens. This is in contrast to the false claim made in Section K of the report that non-citizens are denied rights and that their rights are being infringed. I would like to ask: which rights are being infringed? Does this group of residents not enjoy rights to education, housing, and access to goods and services? Non-citizens in Latvia have all these rights. This group not only enjoys these rights, but also has the opportunity to obtain Latvian citizenship in Latvia and Estonian citizenship in Estonia, thereby being guaranteed political and social rights. Therefore, the absence of citizenship is a question of will and attitude among the non-citizens living in these countries. It would be strange, even absurd, if the European Parliament, when voting on rapporteur Zdanoka’s report, accepted her unjustified exaggerations, which do not reflect the true situation. I invite Members to assess the above-mentioned circumstances carefully, and to amend the biased and even false sections of the report."@en1

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