Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-06-Speech-3-190"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101006.14.3-190"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, thank you very much for this debate. I feel a very powerful support for the Commission proposal to grant visa freedom to the citizens of Bosnia and Albania and I think that is a very good thing. Hopefully, there will be a big majority tomorrow in the plenary and that will send a signal to the people of these two countries that the elected Members of the European Parliament strongly support their wish to travel more freely in the European Union. I can reassure you once again that the benchmarks have been met. We have been monitoring very closely. We will, of course, remain in contact and monitor this, but they have been fulfilled. All countries must be treated equally. The benchmarks are clear and are very transparent. The process has been as transparent as possible. A few words on Kosovo before I end. Kosovo is not forgotten. Kosovo is, of course, also a very important partner in this. They have made a lot of progress but still, in order to be credible, the Commission has to watch over all the benchmarks and all the conditions if we want to have credibility and legitimacy for this process. Kosovo is not ready. We are working with them. I know that they are making great efforts on the government side on readmission and on the reintegration of forced returnees. They need to do more. Once these conditions are met, we are, of course, ready to enter into a more formal visa dialogue with them. In the meantime, we can only encourage Member States to use all the facilities provided by the revised visa code when they are addressing the visa applications submitted by Kosovo citizens. So, rapporteur, thank you for this very fruitful and very encouraging debate and I look forward to a very strong vote tomorrow in plenary."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Cecilia Malmström,"1 "Member of the Commission."1
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