Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-06-12-Speech-2-026-500"
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"The Council’s decision to sideline the European Parliament in the reform of the Schengen Agreement lays the way open for an attack on the fundamental rights of European citizens. If Parliament is not given any say over Schengen’s evaluation mechanisms, we will no longer have democratic scrutiny of decisions which could even lead to the temporary reintroduction of passport controls. This is unacceptable. The Council should review its decision because it erodes the principles and basic freedoms of the European Union, in particular, free movement of people. I therefore fully support the proposals that have been put forward so that we, as Parliament, can resolutely counteract this decision. Firstly, by political means, that is, by suspending the ongoing negotiations with the Council, and then legally, that is, by taking all necessary steps to prepare an action and bring it before the Court of Justice. What we need in these difficult times through which the EU is currently struggling is more solidarity and more trust; we need a European approach and European solutions. What we do not need is the erosion of European institutions, putting national interests first and allowing the demands of the large Member States to prevail."@en1
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