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"Mr President, I did not vote in favour of any of these resolutions because, as a matter of principle, I do not recognise the democratic legitimacy of the European Union, and I never will.
However, it should, of course, be the right of sovereign nations to decide who can and cannot enter their territories, and on what basis. EU states have abdicated that right by recognising the supremacy of EU law, and in particular by adopting Directive 2004/38/EC on the free movement of people.
The French cannot have it both ways. They cannot be full members of the European Union and then discriminate against Romanian gypsies.
If the French do not like it, then I suggest that they adopt the policy of the UK Independence Party, which is to leave the European Union and regain their sovereignty."@en1
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