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"Madam President, there are countries in the EU that seem unable to protect their borders. They need to ask for help, and at the moment some are failing to do so. The implications of this are being felt across the entire European Union. Those countries cannot continue to ignore offers of help while at the same time waving through refugees and migrants on to other countries.
Therefore, we certainly need a Frontex agency capable of helping those countries in need. That agency should have resources pooled voluntarily from the Member States so it can be deployed to assist. If a country is both failing to control its borders and refusing to ask for help, then we should offer them a choice: take the help or the rest of the EU will be within its rights to take action for the protection of the EU’s internal borders.
My message to the Commission is this. The EU has rules and too often we see countries flouting those rules with little consequence. The answer from the Commission is to demand more sovereignty, but why do they not enforce the rules we already have in place? Protecting external borders is something I support, but if a country cannot cope and will not ask for help, they should face the consequences. As Alexander Pope said, only fools rush in where angels fear to tread. So, before creating ever more compulsion and more sovereignty-sharing, we must have the courage to enforce what we already have in an effective and meaningful way.
No one measure is going to solve the crisis. Whilst I welcome proposals to address the challenges we face at the borders, this must not be allowed to become another piece of legislation – much like the emergency relocation mechanism – which is welcomed with fanfares but which, when implemented, is met by either intransigence or a simple failure to respond."@en1
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