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"Romania is one of the European Union Member States whose citizens need a visa to enter the territory of the United States.
Contrary to the actions of other countries, until the present Romania has avoided initiating bilateral negotiations with the United States, although the partnership concluded with this country and the presence of Romanian troops in Iraq and Afghanistan would have entitled it to invoke the finding of bilateral solutions for solving the issue of visas.
I support a common approach by the EU Member States and mandating the European Commission to rapidly identify a solution for waiving the visa requirement in the case of the United States for European Union citizens, including Romanians.
A real, consistent and effective effort of negotiation is necessary from the European Commission. Otherwise, eventually, on the background of the pressure placed by Romanian public opinion, which cannot be ignored, Romania will have to find a rapid solution with bilateral negotiations with the United States, just like other European Union Member States that have solved the problem of American visas without taking into consideration the common position of Brussels.
Finally, I regret Mr Frattini’s absence from the debate, since he would have had the obligation to fight for correct treatment and free movement of European citizens and Romanian citizens and not to promote discriminatory policies for Romanian citizens, Community citizens who live and work in Italy, most of them being correctly integrated into Italian society."@en1
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