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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-10-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111012.15.3-111-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-12-Speech-3-112-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Mara Bizzotto2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Lega Nord (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EFD (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Finland and the Netherlands opposed the motion in the Council for a very simple reason: Bulgaria and Romania are not currently able to ensure effective border control and are the scene of rampant corruption involving politicians and organised crime. These are not the words of the populist parties and movements, but of Europol in its 2010 report on organised crime. There is no populist propaganda, but a serious security problem. Were Bulgaria to join the Schengen area at this time, law enforcement and security agencies predict that Bulgaria’s borders, especially its maritime ones, would become easy targets for organised crime syndicates from Eastern Europe and Turkey, and Bulgaria and Romania would become the crossroads for trafficking of human beings and drugs. It is natural that some Member States should have many reservations about the real capacity of Bulgaria and Romania to ensure effective border control against organised crime and corruption, and so it is quite natural that they should oppose their membership of Schengen. Allowing them in now means opening the door to transnational organised crime syndicates and opening a gaping hole in Europe’s borders where there is intense migratory pressure from Turkey. There are many reasons to oppose this and Europe cannot ignore them. I would therefore like to know what the intentions of the Commission and Council are on this delicate question, which I think has so far been treated recklessly, without taking into account the dangers that the entry of Bulgaria and Romania would entail, according to the competent bodies dealing with security and international crime. In my opinion, the Commission and the Council should postpone the entry of these two countries into Schengen and give the go-ahead only when there is reasonable assurance that the entry of Bulgaria and Romania will have no impact on the security of European citizens."@en1
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