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"Mr President, the external dimension is crucial to the construction of the area of freedom, security and justice. I am therefore delighted that Parliament has produced the Klich report on this subject.
There are threats such as terrorism, organised crime, drug trafficking and the trafficking of illegal immigrants that are of a global, international, nature, and the European Union and its Member States cannot therefore tackle them alone. The cooperation of third countries, and particularly of neighbouring countries, is essential.
I would like to stress three fundamental ideas. Firstly, that the construction of this area is a crucial objective. Achieving the cooperation of third countries must therefore be a priority within the external action of the European Union and its Member States.
Secondly, that this cooperation cannot therefore solely be the competence of the very active and competent Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, nor of the JHA Council, but also of the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Affairs Council, the High Representative and the Commissioner for Cooperation. The Klich report therefore places particular emphasis on this necessary coordination.
Thirdly, I share many of the points of view of the Commission’s 2005 Communication on the external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice. However, in the chapter on the principles that must govern policies regarding third countries, I would have included the principle of positive conditionality. In other words, we must incentivise and stimulate the cooperation of third countries. We cannot be indifferent as to whether or not they cooperate with the European Union.
For example, when it comes to illegal immigration, which is unfortunately so topical in Spain, we cannot be indifferent as to whether or not they sign readmission agreements, whether or not they assist in the identification and documentation of their nationals, or whether or not they tolerate the activities of the organised mafias that traffic in illegal immigrants We must call upon them firmly to cooperate in all of these areas and reward them accordingly. Furthermore, we should monitor and assess that cooperation. In this regard, there is already an assessment mechanism, established following the Thessalonika European Council in 2003.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are living in a globalised and highly interdependent world and, therefore, without the cooperation of third countries, the security and freedom of our citizens and the control of migratory flows will be more fragile and difficult to safeguard."@en1
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