Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-06-Speech-3-196"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-10-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101006.14.3-196"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-06-Speech-3-1982
lpv:speaker	lp:Siiri Oviir2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Eesti Keskerakond (2009-07-14--2012-05-24)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3
lpv:translated text	"A visa-free regime has a great importance in people’s lives as it strengthens people’s contacts and helps to realise the idea of free movement, which is one of the fundamental rights in Europe. Already, in the context of the Thessaloniki action plan, the European Union has expressed the political desire to abolish the requirement for citizens of all the Western Balkan countries to obtain short-term visas. The definite fact that the European Union will, in the near future, give Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania, as well as the citizens of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, the opportunity of visa-free travel will reduce the risk of an increase in ethnic and political instability, strengthen political and economic cooperation in the region, increase people’s support for the European Union, and improve the prospects for European integration. At the same time, it will broaden people’s horizons and hinder anti-European and extremist forces. However, I am unhappy about one fact, namely, that Kosovo is the only country which, because of private differences, the Member States have excluded from the abolition of visa requirements on citizens of Western Balkan countries. We do not want to punish Kosovo for private differences between inhabitants of the Member States, but the European Commission and the Council should quickly take steps to include Kosovo in the process of abolishing visa requirements, which would encourage Kosovo’s state and government bodies and politicians to make the necessary structural reforms, and would strengthen political and economic cooperation with the European Union."@en1

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