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"Mr President, Mr Frattini, ladies and gentlemen, the creation of an area of freedom security and justice is an internal EU objective, but one with an external dimension. Maintaining our stability and security depends, among other factors, on our relations with our neighbours and with other countries around the world, and on this point, we must be focused and must send out clear political messages.
It is for this reason that I shall be voting against the rapporteur’s proposals aimed at removing references to CIA flights. Many of the problems we face are common to a large number of other countries, and the EU’s experiences – and its success or failure – in dealing with these matters will prove a useful benchmark for these countries. We have made huge progress in many areas and once again I should like to thank Mr Frattini on his outstanding work in the Commission. Much remains to be done, however, on asylum and immigration, on the fight against organised crime and terrorism, on border management, visa management and police and judicial cooperation.
The Hague Programme and its action plan clearly set out the areas of cooperation with third countries. Responses must be found, however, to specific issues. Firstly, there is the problem of consistency between the pillars. External action as regards freedom, security and justice is sometimes transversal in nature and encompasses fields that fall under various pillars. While this system of having to have more than one pillar remains in place, coordination between the pillars needs to be improved in order to prevent overlapping between the various instruments belonging to the area of freedom, security and justice. It is vital that as many as possible of these issues can be introduced under the first pillar.
Secondly, there is the problem of the complexity of the internal institutional framework. It is crucial to introduce codecision and qualified majority voting in areas relating to legal migration.
Thirdly, Parliament’s role must be strengthened: Parliament has a vital role to play in reinforcing the democratic responsibility of the Union’s external action and it must be kept up to speed with the negotiations on agreements relating to the area of freedom, security and justice.
Lastly, reference must be made to the common European asylum system and the strengthening of resources relating to Frontex."@en1
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