Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-16-Speech-4-016-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-02-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Family reunification of third-country nationals living in the EU (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120216.5.4-016-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-16-Speech-4-017-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, with this debate on the directive on family reunification, the European Parliament is being overtaken by events for the umpteenth time. The problem is not that some Member States are not applying the directive or that they are not applying it correctly. The problem is that the whole thinking behind the directive is hopelessly outdated. Family reunification and family formation are among the largest sources of mass immigration to Europe. Very often, the people concerned do not speak the language of the host country and have no prospects of integration or finding work. The small amount of integration that may have been achieved is constantly being undone with the arrival of family members who have to start the whole process again from scratch. It becomes a bit like painting the Forth Bridge. That is why there is a growing awareness that this cannot be allowed to continue and that the option of taking restrictive measures must be made possible. We must abandon the one-sidedness of a directive that allows Member States only to pursue a relatively lax policy and not to have a policy which is any stricter. We also urgently need to abandon the misguided idea that, just because the right to family life is enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, this should automatically mean that family reunification can only take place in one of the European Member States and not in the country of origin. It is time that we stopped taking into account only the rights of immigrants, and that we paid attention to the rights of Member States and the rights of citizens and taxpayers in Member States."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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