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Every year, EU citizens travel outside the EU more than 90 million times, but only in the United States, China and Russia do all 27 EU Member States have a diplomatic presence. These figures emphasise the importance of providing consular protection to EU citizens. I believe the report adopted today represents further progress in this respect as it facilitates access to consular protection for citizens whose Member States do not have a consular office in a particular country outside the EU. In the spirit of ‘more Europe’ I welcome the fact we are including the European External Action Service and EU foreign representations in the performance of consular duties, and so they will be responsible, in emergencies too, for coordinating cooperation between Member States and for evacuations. This will eliminate the somewhat unfair situation to date of one Member State taking on the entire burden of coordinating events in such cases. The proposal also simplifies access to financial assistance in crisis situations, and makes it easier for the country helping out to have costs reimbursed. This document is therefore based on European values and solidarity between European nations, and I believe it is an important step towards European citizenship, which is why I voted in favour of the report."@en1
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