Malmström opens for EU border controls
Published: 4 May 11 14:47 CET | Print version
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Swedish EU commissioner Cecilia Malmström has opened up to calls for simplifying the establishment of border controls between EU countries following the recent French-Italian conflict over Tunisian refugees.
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The statement is in response to demands last week by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for restrictions to the free movability that the Schengen agreement entails.
Sarkozy and Berlusconi were united in the wish to make it easier to establish temporary border controls between member states following the heavy influx of African refugees to EU member states since the beginning of the year.
Today temporary border controls can only be established between member states in the case of a threat to the law and order of a society, like in the case of a major influx of hooligans before a big football game.
The changes to the Schengen agreement will be discussed at an extra meeting between EU migration ministers next week and at the EU Council at the end of June.
“Schengen and freedom of movement is an enormous achievement for EU citizens and must be preserved. However, Schengen requires the member states to trust each other and this can only happen if the regulations are applied effectively and properly monitored,” Malmström wrote on her blog on Tuesday.
Ahead of the council meeting, Malmström also promised a number of suggestions in a package of migration proposals to be released later on in May.
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Malmström also promised a number of suggestions in a package of migration proposals to be released later on in May.
If you have more than one proposal at a time, does it overload your circuits?
Those that do come to Europe, should be made to swear an oath over riding all other oaths, religious and cultural beliefs that they will respect and defend the right of all European citizens to freedom of speech, democracy, womens rights, childrens rights, disabled rights, sexuality, gender identity, language, social status and uphold every human right enshrined in the European convention of human rights and those enforced by the European courts.
Anyone not respecting those rights, should be deported immediately to country of origin, regardless of origin.
That should be made apply to everyone entering Europe regardless of what country they come from, weather it be Libya, Tunisia, USA, China, Japan, India, Brazil, etc, etc. No exceptions should be made.
I thought they(East Europeans) entered Sweden to open night clubs and strip clubs.