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"Ladies and gentlemen, last autumn I put a written question to Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner, expressing fears that the privilege given by Russia to non-citizens from Latvia and Estonia of entering Russia without visas had had a negative effect on their desire to become citizens. Mrs Ferrero-Waldner agreed with me, but today certain members – authors of questions – are displaying a total lack of understanding of Latvia’s situation. If we add yet further to the rights of non-citizens, and include the right to vote in local elections, the number of non-citizens, which has halved since 1995, will, in all probability, not fall any more. Latvia’s citizenship law is one of the most generous in Europe. Any non-citizen can acquire full rights, including the right to vote, by becoming a citizen. Latvia’s non-citizens have come about as the direct result of the 50-year-long Soviet occupation. Certain political forces, which support the Kremlin’s so-called compatriot protection policy, are still manoeuvring, through these people, for an increase in their own political capital. Thank you."@en1
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