Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-04-23-Speech-3-042"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20080423.3.3-042"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"Mr President, this mandate is very welcome and we shall await the results. I am also wondering why this was not achieved in previous years and why it is achievable now. Let us hope that it can be achieved.
I also welcome the statement by Mr Mate that exemption from the visa requirement must apply to all citizens of the European Union and not all Member States, and that is quite a difference. In that connection, I should also like to draw attention to the ban on entry into the United States by people with HIV. I hope you will take a firm stand on the removal of that entry ban. I should also like to ask your opinion of the statements by Mr Chertoff in the
this week that exemption from the visa requirement will be conditional upon fingerprinting by airlines. That is a completely new factor and I should like to know your opinion of it.
Then we come to the PNR. If the American PNR requirements go further than is now set out in the EU-US agreement, which in any case has not yet been ratified, does that mean that the agreement immediately lapses? On that point, we need to know what is in the implementing agreements and I really wonder why we have no information on that so far. I find that a strange situation.
Then we come to the Electronic System of Travel Authorisation and the protection of personal data. I am really not entirely reassured that that has been properly organised. The 12 principles we have seen in the meantime are of course good. However, just as with the rules in the third pillar, the framework decision for the European Union itself, the problem lies not in the principles, but in the long list of exceptions to them. On that point I want guarantees, not just principles. I also want to know how that will work in practice before we agree just to hand over the data on everyone to other countries.
Then there is the question of democratic legitimacy. How are you going to ensure democratic scrutiny? I find the proposal of a committee of experts neither democratic nor transparent. To my mind, this is a typical case for parliamentary scrutiny.
Finally, I hope that the Commission and the Council have learned their lesson, that we as a European Union are far stronger if we are united and not divided, and if, furthermore, we arrange matters of this kind openly with the parliamentary support of the European Parliament."@en1
|
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples